Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience required
- Previous travel experience required, first-time travelers accepted with skilled experience
- LTAC experience required
License & Certification Required
Skills Required
- Nursing home experience
- Assessment of blood pressure
- Assessment of peripheral pulses
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Diabetes mellitus type II management
- Insulin administration
- Recognizing hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
- Assessment of bowel sounds
- Bowel dis-impaction
- Colostomy/ileostomy management/care
- Feeding tube care and management
- Gastrostomy tube care and feedings
- Ileostomy care and management
- Foley catheter insertion (female and male)
- Incontinence management
- Urinary tract infection management
- Eye drop administration
- IM administration
- Inhaled medications/nebulizer treatment
- IV medication administration
- Narcotic count
- Oral medication administration
- Rectal medication administration
- SQ administration
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Assessment of neurological status
- Seizure precautions
- Medication administration including analgesics, antiarrhythmics, antibiotics, anticoagulation therapy, antihyperglycemics, antihypertensives, antivirals
- Dressing changes
- Pressure relief devices
- Prevention of pressure ulcers
- Pulse/CMS checks
- Skin assessment
- Wound care and treatments
- Accurate patient identification
- Advanced directives
- Emergency procedures/protocols
- Fall risk assessment/prevention
- Infection control
- Interpretation and communication of lab values
- Isolation precautions/PPE
- Labeling of medications and specimens
- Lift/transfer device usage
- Monitoring intake/output
- National patient safety goals compliance
- Pain assessment and management
- Use of restrictive devices (restraints)
- Universal precautions
- Venipuncture
- Assessment/auscultation of lung sounds
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- Oxygen administration
- Pneumonia management
- Pulse oximetry
- Denture care
- Hearing aids management
Desired Skills
- Experience in skilled/rehabilitation centers
- Nephrostomy tube care
- Suprapubic catheter care
- Central line care (PICC)
- Peripheral line care
- Experience with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- Experience with CVA (cerebrovascular accident) and memory care
- Experience with neuromuscular diseases, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injuries
- Stroke assessment
- Experience with traumatic brain injury
- Amputation care
- Use of assistive devices (crutches, walker)
- Pressure ulcer staging assessment
- Suture/staple removal
- Total hip and knee replacement recovery
- Wound assessment
- Wound V.A.C. management
- Admission and discharge procedures
- End-of-life care/palliative care
- Patient care plan development and family teaching
- Experience with specialty beds and COVID-19 management
- Suctioning (ETT, NT)
- Tracheostomy care
- Experience with blind patients, cataracts, contact lenses, and macular degeneration care
- Community hospital experience preferred
- Previous charge nurse experience preferred
- Teaching hospital experience preferred
- Trauma Level I and II experience preferred
