RN Med Surg - New Hampshire

Company: Gencare Solutions
Location: Nashua
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

As a med-surg nurse, you have the opportunity to work in various healthcare settings -- hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and surgical centers -- and to treat patients with a wide variety of needs, illnesses, and injuries. In a clinic, nurses often conduct routine physical exams, which allow for a relationship to form between the practitioner and patient. In a hospital, nurses work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to treat patients with complex diagnoses that often require technology-driven total care.The diverse opportunities available to med-surg nurses have contributed to this field's high desirability and expansive growth. As the largest nursing speciality, Med-Surg nurses now compose one-sixth of all practicing nurses .Job Description of a Surgical Nurse The duties of med-surg nurses depend largely on the setting.In general, M/S nurses provide care and treatment to ill, injured, and recovering adults.The medical-surgical nurse must be able to assess patient condition, administer medications, change dressings, monitor vital signs, keep records, and provide patients with support and education.Some med-surg nurses choose to become more specialized within the broad field of med-surg nursing, pursuing subspecialties such as orthopedics, neurology, wound care, and oncology.Although all medical-surgical nursing involves bedside care, each position is different. Med-surg travel nurses will benefit from being creative, quick-thinking, and good communicators.Job Requirements:* Provide patient care in the adult medical and surgical service areas* Work 13 week assignments at different hospitals throughout the United States* Provide routine treatment and post-surgical care* Provide care for patients before and after surgical procedures* Provide appropriate assessment of patient's health* Provide professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification* Present an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit Float Pool* Staff at a 1:4 AVERAGE nurse to patient ratio* Ensure that a patient recovering from heart surgery receives quality and timely care* Work in a professionally challenging, positive and innovative work environment at highly regarded facility* Treat a number of patients, including who have had surgery or been diagnosed with acute conditions such as pneumonia, appendicitis, abdominal pain* Get patients and facilities the support* Pride achieving optimal patient outcomes through a mix of compassionate care and support for the latest in medical technology* Located at the St. John's campus* Provide quality care for patients of all ages with a wide range of acute and/or chronic illnesses* Meet top notch technology and innovative care teams bring the best of to patients* Assist individuals with disability and/or chronic illness to attain and maintain maximum function* Pass a nicotine and full urine test on the first day* Provide quality healthcare to northeast Nevada residents* Ranked as one of America's Best Hospitals in the 2014-15 issue of U. S. News & World Report

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