Registered Nurse (RN)
Location: Tucson Arizona
Description: MedForce Government Solutions, LLC is hiring Registered Nurse (RN) right now, this occupation will be placed in Arizona. More complete informations about this occupation opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. BACKGROUND
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) requires the services of ful l time critical care registered nurses in order to provide care to Vetera! ns who require specialized monitoring and treatment in a variety of critical care settings. These services are necessary to provide uninterrupted care when SAVAHCS employees are unavailable due to vacancies, unplanned leaved, military deployments, or orientation.
SUPPORTED ACTIVITY
Critical Care nurses work in a variety of settings at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) to provide monitoring and care to patients. Nursing care is provided in accordance with the scope of practice as defined by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, SAVAHCS and VHA policies, and the Joint Commission . Services include patient assessment; interventions (as identified by providers in the Computerized Patient Record System,) and documentation of nursing care. The SAVAHCS prefers registered nurse that will work full time (72 hours every 14 days,).
QUALIFICATIONS:
A ll critical c are nurses possess and maintain:
- A current unres! tricted nursing license with no pending actions or investigati! ons in process during the execution of this contract, (must not have had a nursing license previously revoked, suspended or otherwise restricted at any time)
- A current Advanced Cardiac Life Support training completion card from an American Heart Association approved training course throughout the length of the assignment
- A current Basic Life Support training completion card from an American Heart Association approved training course throughout the length of the assignment
- P roof of a negative TB test result by TST (PPD) or quantiferon gold test; if previously positive on a TST, provide proof of a negative CXR at any time post conversion of the skin test. Proof of a negative TB test must be supplied annually.
- P roof of immunity for measles, mumps and rubella, (MMR) and varicella by providing evidence of a 2 dose vaccine series or positive titers for each
- P roof of Hepatitis B immunity through evidence of completion of a three dose! immunization series or through a positive titer for Hepatitis B surface antibodies. Candidates may provide a signed declination letter in lieu of proof of vaccination or titers.
- E xperience in critical care nursing, 1 year minimum
- E xperience in the administration of moderate sedation, 1 year minimum
- A dherence to all VA and SAVAHCS policies and procedures and work in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act as defined by the Arizona Board of Nursing
Provision of critical care nursing care to patients in a variety of settings to include, but no limited to:
a. Ventilator and airway management
b. Administration of moderate sedation in compliance with all SAVAHCS policies and procedures
c. Administration of vasoactive medications
d. Hemodynamic monitoring and wave form analysis to include arterial lines and pulmonary artery catheters
e. Cardiac rhythm analysis
f. Intracranial pressure monitor! ing
g. Management of chest tubes, gastric tubes, and drains
h. ! Intravenous access devices, central and peripheral
i. Wound care
j. Pressure ulcer assessment and staging
k. Documentation of Nursing care using the Computerized Patient Record System
l. Medication administration using the Bar Code Medication Administration system
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This occupation starts available on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:10:28 GMT