RN Cath Lab - FT Days

Responsibilities

• Guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics.
• Knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served.
• Records patients' medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and helps with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
• Establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan, which may include administering medication, starting, maintaining, and discontinuing IV lines, administering therapies and treatments, observing the patient, and consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
• Teaches patients and their families how to manage their illnesses or injuries, explains post-treatment and home care needs, diet, nutrition, and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
• Supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills, precepts new hire staff and students, and assists staff and students to seek and complete competency skills.
• Enhances knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required.
• Provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate.
• Collaborates with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional, and state levels.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and other health care providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and other health care providers in providing patient care.
• Develops and evaluates standards of care for patients that are evidence-based.
• Identifies changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitates the initiation, adoption, and adaptation to change.
• Participates in and uses evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Designs, creates, and applies research by supporting the integration of research into practice, fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Requirements

• Education: Diploma or Associate's degree in Nursing (ADN), or completion of a BSN within 60 months of hire, or 5+ years of RN experience at the time of hire.
• Licenses: State and/or compact state licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Arizona, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Experience: 1 year RN experience for all Float Positions, 10+ months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience preferred.
• Specialty Certifications: National certification for unit specific patient population upon hire.