Travel Progressive Care RN - $1,969 per week

About the Role

AMN Healthcare Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Lima, Ohio.

Job Details

• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Pay Rate: $1909.00 – $2028.00

Responsibilities

• Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness
• Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures
• Serves as point of contact for patient's care coordination throughout hospital departments
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department
• Serves as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics
• Serves as a point of care with care coordination and family members or caregivers
• Clinically manages patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma
• Using the AACN Synergy Model, restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliates to maintain the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan
• Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry
• Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions
• Responds to the unique needs of the patients and families coping with unanticipated illness or injury and treatment and advocate for their choices in quality of life
• BSMH nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, PCU
• SSN Required
• DOB Required
• perm address over 50 miles away
• copy of driver's license
• signed BSMH right to represent via Docusign

Licensing & Certification

• Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)
• BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care)
• ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred)
• CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)
• PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)
• 1 year of RN experience (required)
• 6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)
• Critical Care Course (preferred)

Skills

• Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff
• Orients, facilitates learning experience, and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others
• Possesses clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence-based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission
• Performs comprehensive assessment of patient's clinical condition and psychosocial needs of the patient and their supportive resources
• Safely and efficiently develops, implements, and prioritizes plan of care
• Application of the nursing process in patient care delivery
• Assesses patient's physical and emotional responses to treatment to evaluate effectiveness of intervention and patient outcomes; revises plan of care accordingly
• Assists patient and family in coping with patient's illness
• Collaborates with others in the delivery of coordinated patient care
• Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills
• Applies cultural diversity and inclusion principles when caring for patients and their support resources
• Recognizes own limitations and seeks assistance and acquires information to perform safely
• Advances personal and professional growth through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services, and workshops
• Exhibits professionalism through accountability for own and delegated actions
• Integrates cost-effective measures into practice and models effective stewardship of available resources
• Practices self-care and cultivates resilience in conflict and difficult circumstances
• Protects the safety and privacy of all persons
• Understanding and utilization of office and clinical technologies
• Ability to communicate with patients in a manner they can understand considering their personal preferences
• Compassionate, relationship-based approach to help find meaning in illness, suffering, pain, and existence
• Remains calm, adaptive, and collective during an emergency
• Manages care of patients with chest tubes
• Assesses patients through hemodynamic monitoring
• Inserts and monitors transvenous pacing/temporary pacing
• Administers means for conscious sedation
• Knowledge of advanced respiratory modalities

Working Conditions

• Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur
• May be exposed to physical altercations and verbal abuse
• May be required to use physical restraints
• May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights
• May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids
• May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials
• May have periods of constant interruptions
• Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control

Physical Requirements

• Lifting/Carrying (0-50 lbs.): 34-66%
• Lifting/Carrying (50-100 lbs.): 34-66%
• Push/Pull (0-50 lbs.): 34-66%
• Push/Pull (50-100 lbs.): 34-66%
• Stoop/Kneel: 1-33%
• Crawling: 1-33%
• Climbing: 1-33%
• Balance: 1-33%
• Bending: 34-66%
• Sitting: 34-66%
• Walking: 34-66%
• Standing: 34-66%

Additional Physical Requirements/Hazards

• Manual dexterity (eye/hand coordination)
• Perform shift work
• Maneuver weight of patients
• Hear alarms/telephone/audio recorder
• Reach above shoulder
• Repetitive arm/hand movements
• Finger Dexterity
• Color Vision
• Acuity – far
• Acuity – near
• Depth perception
• Use of latex products
• Exposure to toxic/caustic/chemicals/detergents
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Exposure to dust/fumes
• Exposure to potential electrical shock
• Exposure to x ray/electromagnetic energy
• Exposure to high pitched noises
• Gaseous risk exposure

Patient Population

• Adults (18-64 years)
• Geriatrics (65 years and older)

Benefits

• Competitive pay rates
• Free, quality, private housing
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) and Flex Spending
• Life Insurance
• Accident and Short-term Disability Coverage
• Free Continuing Education
• Refer a friend and earn extra cash
• Company provided housing options
• Continuing Education