Travel Nurse RN – Med/Surg – $2,252 per week in Albuquerque, NM

Job Description

Job Title: Surgical Registered Nurse
Profession: Med
Specialty: Surgical Nursing
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 3 Days per Week
Hours per Shift: 12 Hours
Experience: Minimum of Two Years in Specialty
License: State Compact Nursing License
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Must-Have: Must be a Team Player, Flexible, and Accustomed to a Fast-Paced Environment

Description:
Utilizes the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift.
Ensures safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care of patients.
Provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting individual patient needs, actions taken, and patient responses.
Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, and healthcare team.
Initiates, utilizes, and documents appropriate protocols and standards of care.
Administers medication and treatments as prescribed by a physician or standard protocols and documents according to policy.
Identifies and meets patient and family learning and discharge needs on admission and throughout the episode of care.
Assumes responsibility for the clinical supervision of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and non-licensed assistive personnel.
Completes patient population, age-specific, procedure, and protocol education and competency testing per unit standards.
Preferred but not required experience with EPIC; training available on-site.
Required Education: Associate’s Degree in Nursing.