Travel Nurse RN – Med/Surg – $2,262 per week in Oklahoma City, OK

Job Description

Job Title: RN Surgical Specialty
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Surgical
Duration: 14 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours per Shift: 36.00
Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience in a surgical or med/surg unit
License: Current RN License issued by the state or a current multistate compact RN License
Certifications: Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association

Must-Have:
Travel experience
Step down experience
Acute care surgical floor experience
Experience caring for post-operative patients
Experience with drains, wounds, trachs, ostomies, NGT, or DHT

Description:
Under general supervision, provides nursing care in a hospital to a variety of patients with health problems ranging from simple to complex.
Assumes responsibility for an assigned group of patients.
Documents patient responses to nursing interventions and prescribed medical treatments; notes all changes in physician orders on assigned patients.
Assists physician in the examination of patients and in performing minor diagnostic procedures and treatments.
Obtains and monitors physiological data of patients, observes physiological manifestations of patients, and intervenes when necessary.
Administers medication as prescribed.
Initiates, regulates, and monitors intravenous infusions and blood products.
Delivers patient care competently.
Interacts with family and patients in sharing care plans while in the hospital and at time of discharge.
Informs patients and families of hospital procedures.
Makes referrals regarding patient care needs to appropriate personnel.
Delegates tasks to support staff.
Performs other duties as assigned.

This unit cares for patients who are in need of pre or post-surgical services, primarily surgical patients.
Candidates will care for patients post-operatively and must have experience taking care of patients with new drains, wounds, trachs, ostomies, NGT, or DHT.
Some patients will require step down care as well.
Ratios are 5:1 for surgical patients and 3:1 for step down area patients.
Candidates for the surgical transplant area will also have step down patients and post-operative patients, needing close monitoring for reactions, rejections, and infections.

Required Skills & Experience:
Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, techniques, and procedures.
Ability to organize, plan, coordinate, and evaluate nursing services and apply nursing techniques.
Ability to maintain good working relationships with other employees.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to respond effectively to the cultural and language needs of patients and visitors.
Some computer skills are required.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
Not applicable.

Required Education:
Associate’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited program.

Preferred Education:
Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Nursing from a board-approved program.