Radiology Registered Nurse - RRN0709SA02 - NJ State ($2200 - $2400 weekly)

Title: Radiology Registered Nurse
Location: Hackensack, NJ 07601
Duration: 13 weeks

Description:

• The Registered Nurse is responsible for evaluating patients and assisting physicians with patient care.
• Plans, implements, and documents nursing care based on patient’s needs.
• Identifies patient needs and determines priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Develops, implements and coordinates individualized plan of care for patients assigned through initial and on-going assessments.
• Initiates assessment based on the patient’s problems or needs, the physician’s medical diagnosis, and the functional health framework.
• Performs therapeutic nursing interventions. Manages care of patients.
• Documents care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities.
• Advocates for evidence-based practice care standards and supports adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery.
• Provides patient centric care in alignment with professional nursing practice model. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Other Duties:

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.
• Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
• Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
• Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.

Skills: Must have a minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in an acute care facility. Nurses will cover CAT Scan, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine/Pet.

Education:

• ASN Required
• BSN (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License or multi-state compact license
• BLS-AHA, ACLS, PALS