Registered Nurse - Rehab job in Metairie, LA

Company: Gifted Healthcare
Location: Metairie
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

Rehabilitation/Rehab Registered Nurse (RN) Travel Job
As a Rehab Registered Nurse, you will assist individuals with disability and/or chronic illness to attain and maintain maximum static function.
Rehabilitation/Rehab RN Responsibilities:

• The Rehabilitation RN possesses the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness
  
• Assesses the physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions of patients and their families, as well as their educational and discharge needs in order to formulate nursing diagnoses
  
• Plans nursing care while acknowledging that rehabilitation nursing is practiced within a dynamic, therapeutic, and supportive relationship that is constantly changing
  
• Provides nursing care, to maintain and restore static function and prevent complications
  
• Evaluates care and modify the plan, as needed, to achieve measurable goals and objectives
  
• The Rehabilitation RN coordinates educational activities and uses appropriate resources to develop and implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with patients and their families
  
• Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals
  
• Coordinates a holistic approach to meeting patient's medical, vocational, educational, and environmental needs
  
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with patients, their families
  
• Acts as patient advocate
  
• Provides education and support to patient families
  
• The Rehab RN performs other position related duties as assigned

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