Location: Nashville, TN Area
Job Description:
- Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs.
- Carries out physician orders.
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs.
- Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients.
- Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
- Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems.
- Instructs and educates patients and families.
- Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care.
- Orients and mentors new staff members.
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
- Provides hemodynamic monitoring, IABP, CVHD patient care.
Job Requirements:
- Interpersonal skills to successfully interact with patient, guest, physicians, and other employees.
- Graduate of an accredited School of Professional Nursing.
- Current Licensure by Tennessee Board of Nursing
- Current BLS certification.
- ACLS certification Preferred
- NIHSS Stroke Certification Preferred
- Associate Degree/College Diploma
- Minimum one-year experience
Assignments: Contract (13 weeks), Per Diem and Temp-to-Hire