Registered Nurse CV ICU

About the role

As a Registered Nurse CV ICU, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing. HCA Florida Ocala Hospital is a 323-bed facility located in the heart of Ocala, Florida. It is part of Ocala Health, an ACS Level I Trauma Center and the region's only Comprehensive Stroke Center. The hospital offers orthopedic, cardiovascular, emergency, and neurological care, robotic and weight loss surgery, and rehabilitation services. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times and has spent an estimated $3.7 billion on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and delivers high quality, patient‑centered care in accordance with department needs and state/specialty scope and standards.
• Collaborates with medical providers and care team members to provide individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.”
• Serves as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers and models commitment to the organization’s vision/mission/values.
• Performs procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by medical providers.
• Documents administration of care in the patient medical record timely and thoroughly.
• Teaches patients/families/caregivers about medical condition, status, treatment plan, medications, side effects, and follow‑up measures.
• Translates complex medical terminology to ensure complete understanding.
• Teaches about non‑medicinal follow‑up measures such as healthy diet, exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
• Prepares patients and families/caregivers for future self‑management.
• Manages evidence‑based practices and continuous process improvement initiatives to meet/exceed quality measures.
• Manages quality of care by collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate, evaluate, customize, and deliver a holistic patient treatment plan that promotes recovery.

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) (AHA) must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Florida RN license and/or approved multistate RN license required; compact license holders have 60