Travel Registered Nurse - Correctional - $2,459 per week

Company: Cynet Health
Location: Toledo
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Cynet Health is seeking a travel nurse Correctional for a travel nursing job in Toledo, Ohio.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Correctional
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 15 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: TravelWeekly pay range - $2,208 to $2,453
  
  
  
  
  
  Summary:
  • Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent or disabled.
  • Under general supervision, they deliver care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation, in accordance with established philosophy.
  • RNs/LPNs collaborate with other professional disciplines to ensure effective patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes.
  • RNs/LPNs effectively interact with patients, while maintaining the standard of professional nursing.
  • The nature of the direction and supervision required for this position varies by State and job setting.
  • Corrections Nurses provide care to inmate patients to promote & improve their overall health utilizing the nursing process in triage, professional training and various resources in accordance with regulatory agencies and established guidelines.
  • The inmate patient population generally has not had consistent access to healthcare prior to their incarceration.
  • This provides an opportunity for nurses to see and care for an interesting variety of health concerns from minor ailments to major and atypical conditions.Job Responsibilities:
    • Corrections Nurses provide direct and individualized nursing care to the correctional-facility based on the application of scientific nursing principles. In addition to general nursing care, responsibilities of Corrections
    • Nurses include (but are not limited to):
    • Collaborates with primary care providers and other health care providers to ensure continuity, timeliness and appropriateness of care to inmate patients
    • Coordinates and/or administers medication, therapeutic agents, treatments, to inmate patients
    • Assists physicians with medical treatments
    • Administers prescribed medication
    • Applies surgical dressings & bandages
    • Provides emergency first aid care
    • Checks & records vital signs
    • Obtains specimens from inmate patients for diagnostic testing
    • Reports reactions to treatments and medications, as well as changes in the inmates' emotional or physical condition
    • Provides inmate patient education and/or discharge planning
    • Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
    • Promotes a therapeutic environment to ensure inmates are treated in a professional, ethical and tactful manner
    • Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting
      Cynet Health Job ID #19448465. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

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