RN 13 Week Contract - Inpatient Nursing

Provides total patient care in accordance with physician's orders and individual patient needs in conformance with the recognized standards of nursing practice.

• DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties :

• Assesses patient and / or conducts screenings and documents utilizing standard scales when indicated as required per organization.
• Prioritizes and documents patient problems based on assessed needs / problems in collaboration with patient, family, and health care team.
• Documents changes in patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care / intervention.
• Utilizes organization-wide safe medication practices including, but not limited to the 5 rights of medication administration, barcode scanning and other medication safety processes specific to the unit / department.
• Knows actions and usual dosage, indications and side effects of medications administered.
• Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and / or significant other as needed according to the care, treatment services and identified risks specific to the patient and documents patient and / or family understanding.
• EDUCATION / LICENSE / CERTIFICATION / OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirement :

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.

• Maintains active RN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
• Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Achieves and maintains American Heart Association ACLS certification within 90 days of start.
• Achieves and maintains Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI) within 90 days of start.
• Preferred qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

• WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Constantly works near moving mechanical parts

• Constantly exposed toblood and / or body fluids andinfection.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).

• Frequently required to walk and move about.
• Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
• Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments / devices.
• Constantly required to lift and / or move items up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently required to lift and / or move items up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift and / or move items up to 100 pounds.
• Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.