Travel Nurse RN – Cath Lab – $2,136 per week in San Marcos, TX

Job Description

Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Cardiac Cath Lab
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Days
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: 1 year preferred
License: RN License in TX or compact
Certifications: BLS required; ACLS preferred

Description:
The competent nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.
Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to focus on long-range goals or plans.
Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing.
Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.
Meets expectations of the applicable competencies related to nursing leadership.
Consistent with the scope and standards of practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned patients.
Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families in accordance with their level of practice.
Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side effects and effectiveness of the prescribed treatment.
Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
Assesses learning needs and provides education to patients, family members, and/or caregivers; identifies issues and resources.
Utilizes critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and developmental needs of patients and families.
Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members.
Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.
Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals.
Evaluates the care and treatments provided to the patient and the patient response to the care and treatments.
Performs timely reassessment and documentation.
Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care needs for the designated patient population.
Anticipates and plans for admission, discharge, and transfer needs to facilitate patient flow.
Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process.
Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing efforts.
Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
Incorporates patient safety practices and guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes.
Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities.
Provides evidence-based nursing care.
Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
Knowledge of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.
Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures.
Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance.
Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.
Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety.
Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings.
Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures.
Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems.
Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis, and reporting in real time.