Registered Nurse -CardioVascular Intensive Care Unit PRN

Job Description - Registered Nurse
-Cardio Vascular Intensive Care Unit PRN (as needed) (1611234)

Job Description

Registered Nurse
-Cardio Vascular Intensive Care Unit PRN (as needed) - 1611234

Frye Regional Medical Center

Description

As a part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, our community hospital is being supported with more resources than ever before. Duke LifePoint combines Duke University Health System's unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence, quality and patient safety with LifePoint Health's financial resources and extensive operational experience - making our hospital even stronger.

Duke LifePoint Healthcare's pledge to our hospital and the communities we serve is quality, expertise and commitment.

• Quality is the cornerstone of Duke LifePoint, and it is the central focus of everything the organization and our hospital strive to achieve.
• Duke LifePoint pledges to bring a wealth of expertise and resources to strengthen the already excellent care our hospital delivers.
• And, Duke LifePoint's commitment is to work collaboratively with our hospital to make our community healthier by strengthening local healthcare delivery for the future.

The Frye Heart Center is partnered with the Duke Heart Network and is the only Duke Heart affiliate in Western North Carolina. Frye is the region’s only comprehensive heart center performing more than 6750 heart procedures each year including open heart surgery. Frye is a Chest Pain Center with accredited PCI, offering 24/7 interventional cardiology with an experienced network of physician specialists and cardiovascular providers.

As a nursing professional there are various areas of opportunity to bring your expertise and join our nursing team.

Frye’s three intensive care units are made up of 8 beds each for a total of 24 beds. Specialized nursing staff provide care for critically ill patients and their families using a holistic, integrated team approach. In the CVICU, Cardiovascular trained nurses provide care for patients who have undergone procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafts and valve replacements.

• Assessing the patient’s physical and mental health including the patient’s reaction to illnesses and treatment regimens.
• Recording and reporting the results of the nursing assessment.
• Planning, initiating, delivering, and evaluating appropriate nursing acts.
• Teaching, assigning, delegating to or supervision other personnel in implementing the treatment regimen.
• Collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care for a patient but, subject to the provisions of G.S.90-18.2, not in prescribing a medical treatment regimen or making a medical diagnosis, except under supervision of a licensed physician.
• Implementing the treatment and pharmaceutical regimen prescribed by any person authorized by State law to prescribe the regimen.
• Providing teaching and counseling about the patient’s health.
• Reporting and recording the plan for care, nursing care given, and the patient’s response to that care.
• Supervising, teaching, and evaluation those who perform or are preparing to perform nursing functions and administering nursing programs and nursing services.
• Providing for the maintenance of safe and effective nursing care, whether rendered directly or indirectly. Nursing Practice Act Article 9A, State of North Carolina – July 2005.
• Follows FRMC Attendance and Punctuality Policy.
• Communications
• Adherence to all core measure initiatives, patient safety goals, and NQF Safe Practices

Supervised By: ACNO, Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse

Supervises: NA staff, secretary, Licensed Practical Nurse