Registered Nurse RN Cardiovascular ICU

Core Functions

• Affirms patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Affirms patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Affirms review of available information obtained by other health care team members.
• Affirms review of diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Affirms formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Affirms initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Affirms considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care.
• Affirms plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Affirms reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
• Affirms implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Affirms provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
• Affirms delegates appropriately, and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
• Affirms promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Affirms evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Affirms evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Affirms evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Affirms documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Affirms documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy.
• Affirms notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Affirms provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Affirms participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Affirms interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Affirms promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Affirms contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Affirms actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Experience in the clinical area for which he or she is applying is desired.
• Maintains clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• One year experience in an acute care hospital setting for Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions.
• One year experience as a Registered Nurse in a physician practice or an acute care setting for Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.