Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room - $2,006 per week
Company: TalentBurst, Inc
Location: San Marcos
Posted on: March 28, 2025
Job Description:
TalentBurst, Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating
Room for a travel nursing job in San Marcos, Texas. Job Description
& Requirements
- Specialty: OR - Operating Room
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 12 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel Travel: RN - Surgery SHIFT: DAYS
6:30A-3P Summary: 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. Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable One*** Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Consistent with the ANA Scope 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.
CORE COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
- Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,
psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of
patient and families
- Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
- Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to
meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice
- Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors
and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals
- Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and
the patient response to the care and treatment(s)
- Performs timely reassessment and documentation
- Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the
specific patient care need for the designated unit's patient
population Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process
- Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to
facilitate patient flow
- Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to
facilitate the discharge process
- Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking
and validating orders to ensure accuracy Standard III. Unit
Operations
- Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and
functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift
- Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of
equipment and Supplies
- Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in
resourcing efforts.
- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industry Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality
Care/Regulations
- Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a
safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes
- Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality
improvement activities
- Provides evidence-based nursing care
- Communicates patient information effectively across the
continuum of care
- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industry
- Knowledge of federal, state and local healthcare-related laws
and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare
practices and activities TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES Clinical Policies
and Standards
- Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical
procedures
- Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures
organizational compliance
- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures
- Assists in the development and implementation of specific
procedures
- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and
techniques Health Information Documentation
- Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic
patient documentation
- Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating
and updating patient records
- Describes the flow of information between various stations or
units
- Discusses the functions, features and document flow of
electronic documentation
- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring
their accuracy
- Explains health information documentation best practices and
their rationale across health care practices Medical Equipment
- Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own
unit or facility
- Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves
common equipment problems
- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical
equipment
- Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper
working order prior to use to ensure patient safety
- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment
Medical Order Processing
- Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or
more groups of patients or conditions
- Describes functions and features of the system used to enter,
validate, update and forward medical orders
- Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for
correcting
- Explains considerations for entering and following standing
orders
- Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders
and considerations for each Patient Chart Reading and
Interpretation
- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient
charts for patients on unit and under own care
- Reviews patients charts for completion and accuracy; identifies
and alerts to mistakes or omissions
- Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical
staff
- Relates examples of mis-readings or misinterpretations and
lessons learned
- Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with others
Patient Safety
- Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient
groups or settings
- Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for
those groups and settings
- Listens and responds to safe Talent Burst Job ID #. Pay package
is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to
confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted
job title: 22105 - Travel: RN - Surgery About TalentBurst, Inc
TalentBurst Health & Life Sciences is an established provider of
healthcare workforce solutions, servicing healthcare facilities
across the United States for over 15 years. As a Joint Commission
Certified Agency, our commitment to quality, integrity, and
exceptional service has made us a trusted name in the healthcare
staffing landscape. Our mission is to bridge the gap between
healthcare professionals seeking fulfilling opportunities and
healthcare organizations striving to maintain their high standards
of care. We are committed to providing top-notch healthcare
professionals with access to facilities where they can focus on
delivering exceptional patient care and thrive. Whether you're a
nurse, allied health professional, or administrative personnel, we
have the expertise to match your skills and aspirations with the
perfect placement. -
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