RN - MS
Profession: RN
Specialty: Med Surg
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 07:00-19:00
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: 2 years of recent Med/Surg RN experience in a hospital setting
License: Must have RN license
Certifications: Must have ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications through the American Heart Association
Must-Have:
- Ability to provide direct and individualized nursing care to patients based on scientific nursing principles
- Experience in consulting and coordinating with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans
- Competence in preparing and administering medications and recording prescribed medications
- Skills in educating patients on surgical procedures
- Ability to record patients' medical information and vital signs accurately
- Proficient in monitoring and adjusting specialized equipment used on patients
- Capability to initiate corrective action whenever a patient displays adverse symptoms
- Experience in providing bedside care for a variety of medical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients
- Ability to initiate patient education plans as prescribed by physicians
- Skills in changing dressings, inserting catheters, and starting IVs
- Competence in preparing equipment and aiding physicians during examinations and treatments
- Knowledge of responding to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol
- Ability to participate in discharge planning
- Good time management skills
- Proficient in recording all care information concisely, accurately, and completely in a timely manner
Description:
Med/Surg Nurses provide direct and individualized nursing care to patients.
Responsibilities include consulting and coordinating with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
Nurses prepare and administer medications, recording prescribed medications accurately.
They educate patients on surgical procedures and record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Monitoring and adjusting specialized equipment used on patients is a key responsibility.
Nurses initiate corrective actions when patients display adverse symptoms.
They provide bedside care for a wide variety of medical patients, ensuring pre- and post-surgery care.
Nurses initiate patient education plans, teaching patients and significant others how to manage their illnesses or injuries.
They change dressings, insert catheters, and start IVs as required.
Nurses prepare equipment and assist physicians during examinations and treatments.
They respond to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
Participating in discharge planning and utilizing time management skills is essential.
All care information must be recorded concisely, accurately, and completely in a timely manner.
Other position-related duties may be assigned based on the assignment setting.
