RN Hospital, Cardiac Cath Lab (2 Years of Experience Required), Day Shift
Call Frequency: On call one night a week and one weekend a month.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
- Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care
- Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and state laws/practice act as required by care setting.
- Ensures all documentation is accurate and comprehensive in accordance with the established standards of care for documentation at the system and entity levels.
- Develops initiates and executes a patient plan of care according to the patient s individualized needs, as prescribed by the physician and/or hospital policy. Utilizes resources available to teach and support patient and family education. Provides education to the appropriate level of understanding.
- Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
- Utilizes clinical expertise & guidance to other units/departments in support of the patient s longitudinal plan of care. Acts to resolve systems breakdowns and engages self and others in providing solutions
- Utilizes critical thinking in regards to patient safety and patient experience, manages complex situations and delegates to other staff appropriately. Escalates to the appropriate chain of command as needed.
- Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
- Engages in personal development and supports system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence based practice guidelines.
- Supports and participates in peer review and peer feedback opportunities.
- Participates in the professional nursing continuum
- Clinic and Ambulatory RN s will maintain timely flow of patients, in addition to responding to telephone calls and performs telephone triage of patients.
Education and Experience:
Graduate of an accredited nursing program - Education Verification Required
3 years of RN experience with 1 year of critical care experience required
Cardiovascular Intervention experience required
Current WI or Compact RN licensure
Current BLS certification,
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
Successfully pass EKG test