Registered Nurse - Cardiac Acute Care Unit

About This Role

This role involves providing professional nursing care to a group of patients in a Cardiac Acute Care Unit, utilizing the nursing process, and ensuring patient safety and well-being. It requires accountability for patient care and direction of related staff.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame
• Provide care to patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment / instrumentation, and other health care team members
• Assign and direct the work of related staff
• Assess the patient's condition and physical, psychological, cognitive, social, rehabilitative, and discharge needs
• Develop a plan of care using nursing diagnoses and setting patient outcome goals
• Implement nursing plan of care and physician's orders
• Establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources
• Perform nursing procedures, assist physicians, and use equipment following established standards
• Evaluate the patient’s response to nursing interventions and physician ordered therapy / diagnostics
• Update or modify plan of care to meet the current needs of the patient
• Educate the patient and significant others based on the cognitive needs of each
• Document concise, accurate and timely information in the patient care record
• Demonstrate knowledge of and respect for patient and significant others’ rights, including confidentiality
• Follow established standards in provision for safety
• Evaluate and identify patient needs and assign appropriate staff to address specific individual patient needs
• Direct and review the work of support staff to assure nursing care plan is fully implemented and patient needs are addressed
• Assumes supervisory duty for department employees in absence of Clinical Director and Clinical Coordinator per HR-45 policy

Requirements

• Michigan Registered Professional Nurse licensure
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) provider

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Previous experience in specialty preferred.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Previous experience in specialty
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) provider
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) provider

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