Travel Nurse RN - Med/Surg / Telemetry - $2,077 per week in Paducah, KY

Registered Nurse (RN) | Med/Surg / Telemetry
Location: Paducah, KY
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,077 per week
Shift Information: Days - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 11/12/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: RN Duration: 13 weeks Shift: First Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns, including taking corrective action when necessary. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate/collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. The focus is on creating a caring environment centered on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit includes: - Provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. - Facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities. - Providing patient and family-centered education. - Care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable. Responsibilities include: - Assessment of patient needs. - Performing and documenting a comprehensive assessment in accordance with the RN's scope of practice and hospital policies and procedures. - Considering the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level. - Identifying patient risk factors and presenting complaints. - Obtaining patient health information from family or others as necessary. - Collecting objective/quantitative and subjective/qualitative data. - Verifying the initial admission assessment if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. - Developing a problem list and prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team as appropriate. - Designing actions and interventions relevant to the patient’s culture and age. - Determining desired outcomes in coordination with patient and family in accordance with the medical plan of care. - Fully implementing patient care therapies and procedures within scope of practice in accordance with established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines. - Explaining procedures, treatments, and processes to patient and family. - Initiating action to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. - Recognizing, responding to, and communicating changes in patient condition appropriately. - Conducting and documenting ongoing assessment and response to procedures and therapies. - Delegating tasks appropriately and overseeing team members in the performance of activities regarding patient care. - Monitoring accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members in implementation of plan of care. - Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems according to level of comprehension. - Facilitating the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner and ensuring performance of discharge teaching. - Providing input into patient/nurse assignments considering available staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity. - Actively participating in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities. - Promoting a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. - Assuring nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards, evidence-based practice, current research, and a caring philosophy. - Participating in department and/or unit quality improvement activities and core measures. - Using a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• BLS
• MS Tele
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam