Registered Nurse, RN - Cardiac Acute Care - Part Time

Cardiac Acute Care

The Cardiac Acute Care Unit is a 24-bed acute care nursing unit in our new Green Tower that provides specialized nursing care for adult patients.

The patient population on this unit includes:

• Chest pain
• NSTEMI
• Pre and Post Cardiac and Vascular intervention/surgical patients
• Pre and Post Coronary Intervention without sheath in place
• Diastolic Congestive Heart Failure with no PA catheter needed for invasive monitoring
• Dysrhythmia
• Electrophysiology procedures
• Post valve procedures
• Patients on cardiac infusions per the medication by location policy.
• Acute care cardiac patients requiring continuous cardiac telemetry and/or pulse oximetry monitoring.

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Bonus and relocation terms apply.

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate.

Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients.

Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

• Licensure or other certifications:
  Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Educational Requirements:
  
  Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required
• Minimum Experience:
  
  At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

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