Travel Nurse RN – Home Health – $30 to $45 per hour in Broken Bow, NE

Job Description

SIGNIFICANT DUTIES
• Initiates assessment/reassessment based on the patient’s needs per nursing standards and organization policy and procedures.
• Synthesizes pertinent patient data to develop nursing care plans and identify nursing priorities for care and desired outcomes.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate and provide patient care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in nursing theory and ability to learn and develop competence in patient care across the lifespan.
• Demonstrates the ability to learn new practices and has the ability to practice in multiple settings within the rural hospital – medical/surgical, pediatric, neonatal, emergency and skill care. 
• Integrates appropriate standards of care into the patient’s plan of care based on the diagnosis and age-specific needs.
• Executes, directs, supervises and/or assigns other staff members to perform therapeutic and or supportive interventions.
• Evaluate the patient’s response to and effectiveness of interventions.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward established outcome.
• Incorporates cultural considerations into the plan/delivery of care. 
• Includes family and/or significant others in the care of the patient as appropriate.
• Documents patient care and related information according to Melham procedures for documentation
• Facilitates a patient’s transition to the next level of care including admission, discharge, and transfers.
• Receives calls for patient placement, screens for appropriate admission criteria and notifies the department of patient placement.
• Utilizes knowledge of UR criteria to assist with the appropriate admission status and placement of a patient.
• Demonstrates knowledge of EMTALA regulation and paperwork.
• Assumes responsibility in a shared or delegated assignment and supports team member’s practice through timely communication.
• Services as a role model to colleagues, students, and other care providers
• Actively participates in continued learning opportunities and continued self-development pertinent to all areas of Acute/ED care nursing.
• Proficient in the management of provider orders in CPOE and in the order management system
• Maintains effective communication channels with the entire healthcare team.
• Assist administration with personnel management and other administrative duties as assigned.
• Acts as a resource to the healthcare team
• Performs as senior leader in event CNO/nursing management are absent. 
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Oversees and/or assigns additional work duties during low volume periods when core staffing is in place.