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Employment Type:
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Location:
Oklahoma City, OK (Onsite)
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Registered Nurse - Surgical Specialty
Careers Integrated Resources Inc
Oklahoma City, OK (Onsite)
Contractor
Job Title: Registered Nurse - Surgical Specialty
Location: Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Duration: 3 + Months (Possibilities of Extension)
Schedule: 36 hours per week, 12-hour shifts, 3 days per week
General Description:
Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse provides comprehensive nursing care to patients with a wide range of health issues, from simple to complex, primarily in a medical-surgical (med/surg) unit. This role requires the ability to manage post-operative care, including step-down patients, and involves working closely with patients, families, and the healthcare team to ensure optimal outcomes.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Manage an assigned group of patients, providing safe and competent nursing care.
- Document patient responses to interventions, medical treatments, and physician orders accurately and promptly.
- Assist physicians with patient examinations and minor diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Monitor and assess patient physiological data and intervene as needed.
- Administer prescribed medications, intravenous infusions, and blood products.
- Communicate care plans with patients and families, including discharge instructions.
- Make appropriate referrals regarding patient care needs.
- Delegate tasks to support staff while ensuring quality care.
Unit-Specific Experience:
- Med/Surg Experience: Must have acute care surgical floor experience; OR candidates will not be accepted.
- Step-Down Experience: Required for care of patients with new drains, wounds, tracheostomies, ostomies, nasogastric tubes (NGT), or double-lumen hemodialysis catheters (DHT).
- 4E Unit: Focus on post-operative care for surgical patients with ratios of 5-6 patients per nurse.
- 4W Unit: Surgical transplant area caring for new and returning transplant patients requiring close monitoring for rejection, infection, and other complications, with ratios of 3-4 patients per nurse.
- Preferred experience in ENT and/or transplant care is a plus.
Required Qualifications:
- Associate’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
- Current RN license issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing or a multistate compact RN license (eNLC).
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
- Minimum 1 year of nursing experience, preferably in acute care surgical settings.
- Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, and procedures.
- Strong organizational, planning, and coordination skills.
- Effective communication skills and cultural sensitivity.
- Basic computer proficiency.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or higher from a board-approved program.
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