RN PCU

Overview

Join Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Grapevine as a Registered Nurse and be part of something better!

Progressive Care Unit

Our Progressive Care Unit is a fast‑paced environment that includes high acuity patients. Our leadership team fosters an environment that supports learning, mentoring, and building every team member.

Patient Population: Trauma, High flow and ARVO Oxygenation systems, Vasoactive Drips, Chest pain, Stroke, Sepsis, Covid

Patient Ratios: 1:3 or 1:4

Number of Beds: 32 beds

Shift: FT Days; 7am‑7pm

Requirements: 2 years of Med/Surg/Tele; PCU experience preferred

Department Specifics: 77% BSN, Multidisciplinary Rounding (with Physicians, Case Management, PT/OT, etc.) for best patient outcomes and quickest recovery. Self‑scheduling request system. We encourage our team to be involved in the unit through our Unit Based Council, education opportunities and other opportunities provided within Baylor.

For nearly 70 years, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine has provided personalized, compassionate, and loving care to more than 20 communities in the Dallas Fort Worth region. It has steadily expanded its capabilities, and now provides more comprehensive services to those with complex conditions closer to their home.

A Magnet® Recognized Facility, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine is a 302‑bed hospital offering advanced medical services for heart and vascular, women’s health, diagnostic imaging, trauma, orthopedics, spine, digestive diseases, oncology, neurology, ENT, pain management, weight loss and intensive and emergency care.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine has a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and is the only Level II Trauma Center in Northeast Tarrant County. Additionally, the facility is an accredited Cycle IV Chest Pain Center, Primary Stroke Center and accredited in weight loss surgery, oncology, etc. The hospital was recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its 2021‑2022 "Best Hospitals" ratings as high performing in the common procedures and conditions category for stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

It was also recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the only Tarrant County hospital, and one of only two hospitals in the Dallas Fort Worth region, rated High Performing, the highest‑possible rating for Best Hospitals for Maternity for 2021‑2022. Built on a legacy of care, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine is focused on caring for and loving patients in a safe and healing environment.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient’s response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays.

The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient’s condition and the competencies of the employee.

RN job is used for RNs in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24/7 staffing which include those departments with on‑call staffing on the off shifts. Examples of hospital inpatient and outpatient procedural areas: GI Lab, Pain Management, Dialysis, Infusion Centers and IV Services.

Clinical Judgment:
Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes.

Clinical Inquiry:
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing‑sensitive…