RN - Med Surg

Job Summary

Talented Medical Solutions is seeking a talented Registered Nurse (RN) for a contract position in In-Office, Tahlequah, OK.

Requirements

• Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience
• Must have an Oklahoma or Compact RN License
• Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIH, and PALS
• Attire: Navy Blue Scrubs
• Ability to work with Peds patients
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Meet pre-employment credentialing clearances (Background Check and Drug Screen)
• Ability to meet physical demands (stand; walk; sit; climb stairs, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl), and lift up to 50lbs

Responsibilities

• Develop a plan of care for individual patients by interviewing patient and family members, reviewing the patient's health record, and determining the kind of health and physical care required, including discharge planning
• Initiate appropriate measures in emergency situations when the physician is not immediately available, for example, take resuscitative measures in case of cardiac or respiratory arrest
• Administer therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician such as medications and IV therapy that alter hemodynamic status, respiratory therapy, mechanical ventilation, etc.
• Plan, provide and appropriately document the teaching of patients and families in preventative, curative and rehabilitative measures, taking into consideration patients' and families' learning needs, styles, barriers, and readiness to learn
• Record observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures administered, and status of coordinated activities between nursing and other professional disciplines
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes including patient status, interventions, and patient response to nursing and therapeutic interventions, and update the plan of care
• Document specific health care requirements for patients and prepares written assignments to individual team members, matching the skills and abilities of staff to the care requirements of patients
• Plan and develop care delivery and implementation of the plan and coordinates the documentation of care
• Assume oversight for patient care administered by licensed practical nurses and unlicensed personnel in any assigned or delegated tasks
• Provide technical guidance, delegation and direction to other registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and unlicensed personnel
• Share responsibilities for sustaining adequate supplies and equipment as well as general upkeep of the unit and in preserving a safe environment

Qualifications

• Maintain and promote positive personal work habits, interpersonal skills and public relationships with employees, administration, medical staff, patients and families
• Demonstrate positive role model and leadership qualities
• Adhere to and promote professional, ethical and legal standards of nursing