Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry

Job description

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience Shift: Days: Hours: Job Summary The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient. The staff nurse initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/or significant other to attain optimal health. Access to all Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only. Required: - Maintain Chemotherapy Competency - Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs. - Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development. - Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served. - Maintains Annual competencies. - Performs and documents accurate comprehensive and daily assessments per policy and standards for specific unit. - Demonstrates knowledge associated with specific unit disease processes. - Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used drugs for specific unit. - Initiates, documents progressive patient, and family/significant teaching. - Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge. - Initiates interdisciplinary communications and i...