Dialysis Registered Nurse

Established in 1994 NiteLines USA has successfully delivered contract support services to more than 144 government institutions and medical treatment facilities across the country. Work with a dedicated and caring organization and start doing your lifes best work.

Pay:$43.00 per hour.

Hours:Multiple shifts available.

Benefits:

• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 401k
• 11 paid federal holidays.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation.

Locations:Brooke Army Medical Center

Duties:

• Dialysis Expertise: Proficiently performs hemodialysis peritoneal dialysis and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) in critical care and outpatient settings operating various dialysis equipment models (fixed & portable CRRT machines peritoneal dialysis cyclers). Maintains knowledge of AAMI standards for water treatment including RO systems testing disinfection and interpreting/reporting results.
• Critical Care Nursing: Provides professional nursing care to critically ill patients including assessment identification of urgent/emergent needs and independent modification of care plans per protocols/physician orders to meet dynamic patient conditions.
• Emergency Response: Initiates resuscitation measures during emergencies including CPR and medication administration (electrolytes vasopressors cardiac medications) assists with procedures like cardioversion and line insertion and proficiently uses monitoring equipment and airway adjuncts.
• Renal Failure Management: Delivers comprehensive nursing care to acute and chronic renal failure patients (inpatient/outpatient) including vital signs monitoring dialysis initiation/termination physical assessment order management lab collection and documentation. Proficient in vascular access cannulation and care (AV fistula/graft/catheter).
• Medication Administration: Administers medications and blood products according to policies including IV iron ESAs vitamin D analogs chemotherapy agents and biologics.
• Patient Education & Care Coordination: Provides individualized education on renal disease management (self-care fluids medications dialysis transplant access care) and general health maintenance. Participates in interdisciplinary care conferences recommends dialytic prescription modifications coordinates care among providers and maintains patient records.
• Dialysis Machine Preparation: Sets up dialysis machines performs function tests primes dialyzers and prepares dialysate per physician orders.
• Quality & Safety: Maintains licensure/certifications completes required training (emergency drugs blood products infection control patient safety safe handling of dialysis agents/chemotherapy) participates in process improvement and follows established standards/protocols to ensure safe/quality care.
• Mentorship: Assists in training fellows residents students and other nursing staff in the care of dialysis patients.

Qualifications:

• Associates degree of nursing. Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• BLS and ACLS certification.
• Must maintain a current active and unrestricted license from any U.S. State District of Columbia U.S. territory or U.S. jurisdiction to provide healthcare within the scope of practice for a specific health care discipline.
• The RN shall have at least one (1) year of full-time experience working as a Hemodialysis RN in the last 2 years post-graduation in an acute or chronic dialysis setting. Shall complete the BAMC Telemetry test and Chemotherapy training within the first 60 days of employment.
• Skill setting up operating and monitoring specialized medical equipment: IV infusion pumps cardiac monitoring devices.
• Monitor patient responses to treatment.

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