Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery
locations: Alamogordo, NM 88310
Duration: 03 months+ with a possible extension.
 
SHIFT: DAYS – 7 AM - 7 PM
START: ASAP
Work Type: Full Time.
 
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications:

• BLS required.
• RN License in state of employment or compact.
• RN Client Surgery: type of patients includes Client, joint replacements, fractures, along with shoulders and podiatry cases.
• Temp to perm available.

• No.

• Yes.

• Yes, every other week.

• Will rotate float to Med/Surg tele if not needed in unit.

• 1:5.

• The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.
• Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans.
• Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing.
• Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Consistent with the ANA Product and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
• Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.

• 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred.

• BLS required.
• RN License in state of employment or compact.