Registered Nurse IV Therapist PRN

Strong staffing Support when it matters most. Technology and tools that streamline patient monitoring and communication to help you work more efficiently. Robust supply chains to keep you fully equipped. Ongoing clinical education to improve your skills. As a Registered Nurse at HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care—so you can focus on what you do best.

The Staff RN in the Day Surgery/Infusion Center – IV/PICC Team provides care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. This role focuses on PICC line insertion, maintenance, and related IV therapy procedures.

What you will do in this role:

• Responsible for PICC line and mid insertion, monitoring, declotting, and discontinuation.
• Administers intravenous infusions and injections.
• Provides patient and family education regarding PICC lines and central lines.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and supports the hospital's mission.
• Responsible for PICC line insertion; assists staff with monitoring PICC lines, declotting, and discontinuing catheters with or without catheter tip cultures.
• Assists with difficult IV insertions.
• Responsible for routine dressing changes on Central Lines.
• Responsible for patient/family education regarding PICC line insertion and dressing changes for Central Lines.
• Assists Clinical Educator(s) in providing education to staff as necessary.
• Keeps current on advances in IV therapy and line insertion.
• Administers intravenous infusions and injections, based on doctor orders, on selected patients including but not limited to: antibiotics, iron infusions, steroids, Remicaide, blood and blood products, Rhogam, Procrit, and Neupogen.
• Carries out or assists ancillary services with diagnostic procedures such as Cortisone Stimulation Testing, ACTH, R-Gene 10 test, Tensilon testing, and/or Therapeutic Phlebotomy.
• Responsible for meeting the Standards of Practice and managing all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment of assigned unit.
• Participates in activities to plan, measure, assess, and improve the quality of patient care.
• Supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the hospital.
• Responsible for orientation of new personnel as delegated by the Assistant Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, or Director.
• Maintains clinical knowledge of Core Measure requirements inherent to position. Documents patient assessment, patient education, and patient care activities in the medical record by using terminology that complies with the current Core Measure data definition version. Communicates in a timely manner with other clinicians to achieve Core Measure compliance.
• Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other clinical disciplines in making decisions regarding each patient's nursing care needs.

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree Required, Bachelors Degree Preferred
• PICC Line Experience Required

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto…