RN - Oncology

Registered Nurse

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Profession: RN Specialty: Oncology

Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Nights Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: 1 year License: RN License in state of employment or compact Certifications: BLS certification from AHA required Must-Have: Ability to provide routine and complex care

Description: The competent Nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to work toward 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. Meets the expectations of the applicable competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. Consistent with the 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 patients 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 prescribed treatment. Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given. Assesses learning needs and provides education to patients, family members, and/or caregivers; identifies issues and resources.