REGISTERED NURSE FOR CVICU UNIT - NAPLES, FL

Company: NCH Healthcare
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: October 14, 2024

Job Description:

Join our team at NCH, an independent non-profit committed to delivering premier healthcare services! We are seeking a Registered Nurse for our CVICU unit located at 350 7th Street North, Naples, FL, 34102. This is a full-time position with a work schedule of 12 hour night shifts. The Registered Nurse - Critical Care is responsible for independently planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care utilizing standards of care, policy, and procedure. In addition to providing direct nursing care to patients, the Registered Nurse also assumes leadership and teaching responsibilities. The ideal candidate will be able to participate in shared decision making and contribute to unit committee and quality improvement activities with minimal supervision. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop plans that include strategies to attain expected outcomes
• Implement plan of care interventions and medical plan of care as appropriate
• Coordinate care delivery
• Utilize patient teaching to promote health and safety
• Evaluate progress toward outcomes
• Practice ethically
• Integrate evidence and research findings into practice
• Contribute to quality nursing practice and shared decision making (SDM) by supporting council decisions, implementing decisions, and actively participating in SDM
• Communicate effectively in all areas of practice
• Demonstrate leadership in the professional practice setting
• Collaborate with patient, family, the inter-professional team, and others in the conduct of nursing practice
• Utilize appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner
• Complete Adult ICU Systems Assessment and integrate findings with other aspects of EMR
• Demonstrate competency with monitoring skills, including cardiac rhythm interpretation, pulse oximetry, invasive and non-invasive monitoring waveform interpretation, and hemodynamic measurement and interpretation
• Knowledgeable in indications of critical care specific medications/infusions and safely administers, titrates, and monitors effectiveness
• Demonstrate safe use, knowledge, and troubleshooting of equipment specific to the critical care environment
• Maintain critical care specific competencies annually
• Participate in multi-disciplinary rounds (MDRs) Education, Experience, and Qualifications:
  • Candidates with Critical Care experience that will not be entering fellowship program: Minimum of 1 year of experience in critical care and licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Florida. BSN strongly preferred.
  • Candidates WITHOUT Critical Care experience and New Graduates RN that will complete fellowship program: New graduate nurses will be considered for program, and BSN is preferred. Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Florida. Required to sign a Fellowship agreement which includes a 2-year employment commitment to remain in Critical Care in a full-time position after completion of training
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association. Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification required from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association. Basic computer knowledge: ability to operate a PC, create/save/print documents, input data.
  • Additional Requirements for CVRU nurses: Minimum of 18 months of critical care experience including experience in post open heart recovery critical care.

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