Location: Elmira,NY, USA
Job Title: Registered Nurse - GI Lab / Endoscopy Job Specialty: GI Lab / Endoscopy Job Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 40 Hours Variable Day/Evening (0630 to 1500 or 0800 to 1630) Guaranteed Hours: Not Specified Experience: Not Specified License: Registered Nurse License Certifications: BLS, ACLS Must-Have: Endoscopy training/experience or sole focus on Endoscopy. OR nurses with Endoscopy training/experience are also suitable. Job Description: - Assume responsibility and accountability for a group of patients over a designated timeframe.- Perform assessment/data collection continuously focusing on patients' physiological, psychological, and cognitive status.- Analyze assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.- Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient.- Formulate a goal-directed plan of care based on nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.- Identify patient/significant other learning needs and implement appropriate measures to meet them.- Implement care knowledgeably, skillfully, consistently, and continuously.- Perform documentation duties timely, accurately, and concisely.- Evaluate self-effectiveness, care provided by health care team members, and resources in patient progress.- Function with awareness and application of safety issues.- Perform efficiently in emergency situations and document events accurately.- Demonstrate advanced knowledge in decision making for assigned patient populations.- Consistently incorporate hourly rounding into daily practice.- Demonstrate self-responsibility and accountability for professional practices.- Manage legal issues in all aspects of patient care.- Participate actively in staff development activities.- Formulate effective working relationships with health care team members and patients.- Demonstrate sensitivity to patient/significant other rights.- Utilize current nursing research in practice as relevant.- Establish priorities of patient care based on needs and available resources.- Respect and recognize each patient as a unique individual, providing holistic nursing care.- Collaborate with the patient, family, and other health care providers.- Communicate effectively using appropriate lines of authority.