Athol Hospital
Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,024 per week
Athol Hospital, Athol, Massachusetts, us, 01331
Certification Details
Current RN MA License required.AHA BLS required.ACLS is obtained within 60 days of hire.AHA PALS is required within six (6) months of hire.TNCC, ENPC, and CEN are preferred.Job Details
Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient's sense of dignity and positive self-regard.Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessaryAppropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.Statement of Other Duties: This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.Job Requirements
Minimum AS in nursing required.BS in nursing preferred.Three to five years of Emergency Department experience is preferred.
Current RN MA License required.AHA BLS required.ACLS is obtained within 60 days of hire.AHA PALS is required within six (6) months of hire.TNCC, ENPC, and CEN are preferred.Job Details
Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient's sense of dignity and positive self-regard.Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessaryAppropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.Statement of Other Duties: This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.Job Requirements
Minimum AS in nursing required.BS in nursing preferred.Three to five years of Emergency Department experience is preferred.