RN-7T Cardiac Med/Surg

Job Summary

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Provides direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting. Communicates and collaborates with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Utilizes critical thinking, nursing processes, decision making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy to provide high quality patient care. Preserves the patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health whenever possible. Performs general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization.

• Able to perform general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses the patient based on their medical condition.
• Has knowledge of ordered medications and administers as prescribed.
• Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic self-care activities.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates its effectiveness; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and provide services.
• Communicates/collaborates with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
• Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with social services regarding both hospital and post-discharge needs.
• Promotes patient safety by reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care.
• Promotes cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of supplies, linen, and charge items.
• Prioritizes patient care effectively and efficiently.

Specifications

Minimum Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

Preferred/Desired: ACLS/PALS Specialty Certification.

Requirements

• RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE.

Qualifications

• Computer literacy.

Skills

• Communication skills.
• Critical thinking.
• Decision making.
• Empathy.
• Integrity.
• Respect.
• Self-care.
• Teaching skills.
• Technical skills.
• Manual skills.
• Psychosocial assessment.
• Cost-effectiveness.
• Patient safety.

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