Travel Nurse RN - Psych - $1,909 per week in Mason City, IA

Company: Cynet Health
Location: Mason City
Posted on: May 25, 2023

Job Description:

Pay Rate

$1,909 per week

Position Summary:

• PSYCHIATRIC/PSYCHE NURSE is a registered nurse (RN) with expertise in mental illness.
• He or she use skills to help those with mental illness live fulfilling and productive lives.
• He or she may help in mental health crisis intervention and therapy; aid in medication management; and even assist the patient in daily activities that are stressful. Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Performs head-to-toe assessments, manages/assists group/behavior therapies and other interventions within scope of practice.
  • Observes for normal vs. abnormal findings and reporting of abnormal findings to Charge Nurse, M.D., if warranted
  • Intervene with appropriate intervention for urgent/emergent care.
  • Performs direct care to acute and chronically ill psych patients as well as pediatric, adolescent and geriatric population as related to psychiatric disorders including medication calculation & administration.
  • Performs basic medical emergency procedures & care within company & facility's policy's & procedures.
  • Identifies and manages life-sustaining physiologic and psychiatric functions in unstable patients
  • Communicates therapeutically to patients.
  • Able to care and manage patients with eating disorders, drug/ETOH detox, manic depressive, hallucination-delusions, suicidal, organic seizure disorders, and management of patients on seclusion procedures
  • Participates in psych emergency response team including rapid tranquilization.
  • Applies restraints, including 4-point, wrist and posey net full body. Minimum Job Requirements:Qualifications:
    • Current registered nurse licensure in the state of practice.
    • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and ACLS Education:
      • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Board Certified preferred, Experience A minimum of two years' psychiatric nursing experience in a healthcare setting
        
        Requirements
        
        Required for Onboarding
        • BLS
        • Core Competency

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