Registered Nurse (RN) - 6CV Surgery
About the role
Responsible to provide care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing–Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice and other standards established by profession/professional groups, regulating bodies/agents. Nursing care will be delivered in accordance with ECU Health and entity-specific nursing policies, procedures and professional standards of care/practice.
Responsibilities
- Provide and coordinate nursing care including collection and analysis of assessment data, identification of expected outcomes, and development of a plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and other interdisciplinary team members.
- Identify interventions to attain expected outcomes, implement the interventions identified in the plan of care, evaluate the progress of the patient/family toward attainment of outcomes, and document the process.
- Provide care that is sensitive to age-specific and unique needs of the patient/family.
- Promote and evaluate the effective functioning of the healthcare team.
- Collaborate with healthcare team members to meet the identified needs of the patient/family throughout the episode of care.
- Delegate tasks and activities as appropriate and governed by the North Carolina Nurse Practice Act.
Minimum Requirements
- Current North Carolina Registered Nurse license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
Other Information
Position: 0.9 FTE. Orientation: 6–10 weeks for experienced RNs.
About ECU Health Medical Center
ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.