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Registered Nurse (RN) - Medsurg/Telemetry -(MT2) PRN

Ochsner Medical Center

Baton Rouge, LA

Unit
Medsurg

Posted Sep 11

What the listing says

Role

Term
Per Diem
Accepts
RN

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About this role

This job acts as a leader in the provision of patient care using the nursing process within the framework of the Nurse Practice Act, ANA Code for Nurses and Scope & Standards of Practice. Effectively delegates, directs and assists licensed and ancillary team members; assumes accountability for quality patient outcomes; exhibits sensitivity to cultural, ethnic and religious diversity in all interactions; maintains involvement in activities aimed toward the achievement of unit and the department’s strategic goals and objectives and demonstrates professional responsibility and accountability for his/her own practice and supports the company's philosophy of nursing. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position.

It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company's discretion.

Sourced from Ochsner Medical Center’s careers page.

Requirements

  • Current registered nurse (RN) license in state of practice
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association

Benefits

  • N/A

Place

City
Baton Rouge, LA
Median rent
$1,067/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$49,994/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
9% below the national average

Baton Rouge area index 90.8, where 100 is the national average.

Stretch your nursing salary in Baton Rouge, where living costs run about 9% below the national average. Off-shift, walk the Mississippi River levee, grab a debris po-boy at Poor Boy Lloyd's, or catch the pink-flamingo chaos of Spanish Town's Mardi Gras parade.

Map showing the location of Baton Rouge, LA
Approximate location in Baton Rouge, LA. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

How this role fits you

About the employer

Ochsner Medical Center

On your path

Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.

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