RN, Jewish Hospital, Cardiac​/Pulmonary PCU, ALL SHIFTS

RN, Jewish Hospital, 4W Cardiac/Pulmonary PCU, ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Address: 200 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202

Shift: All shifts available, including days, nights, mid-shifts, and part-time.

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Jewish Hospital's 4 West Cardiac/Pulmonary PCU is a 21‑bed private room unit serving a complex patient population, including heart/lung issues as well as medical ICU downgrades. RNs will gain experience in assisting bedside thoracentesis; managing IV drips, central lines, PICC lines, and internal jugular lines; helping conduct BIPAP; handling patients with multiple comorbidities; and much more. All shifts available, including days, nights, mid-shifts, and part-time.

The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) Is a Competent Registered Nurse That Will Deliver Nursing Care To Patients Of Varying Age Groups By Utilizing The Nursing Process And Nursing Practice Standards. The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) Uses

• Nursing Practice Competencies to intervene to achieve safe, optimal patient and family centered care health outcomes;
• Leadership Competencies to coordinate patient care and communicate with the care team;
• Professional Profile Competencies to develop professionally as a life‑long learner, and
• Practice Outcomes Competencies to evaluate care based on evidence, the UofL Health quality model, and patient safety goals.

The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) demonstrates competency caring for complex patients and participates on the care team to improve the quality of care in the clinical area.

• Conducts systematic, continuous and comprehensive assessments of patient health status from admission or encounter to discharge across the care continuum to ensure patient safety, collaborating with the healthcare team, patient and family; care addresses all aspects of the individual and family, including age, gender, spiritual, cultural, physical, psychosocial and patient preferences and proactively uses safety surveillance to prevent adverse outcomes
• Independently administers medications per licensure authority, assesses and reassesses the effects of these medications, and documents administration in a timely manner per policies, procedures and regulatory requirements; consistently adheres to patient safety guidelines regarding all aspects of medication administration
• In collaboration with patient and family, plans care using current scientific knowledge, theory, and care standards within the nursing interventions and outcomes framework and national patient safety goals; constructs individualized, age-specific plans for optimal patient and family outcomes, as appropriate to the practice setting; incorporates data from the multi-disciplinary care team into the plan of care to assure continuity and appropriate patient teaching
• In collaboration with patient and family, identifies and prioritizes patient problems based on subjective and objective assessment data, patient safety considerations, patient and family goals and preferences, and nursing interventions and the medical plan of care
• Implements nursing care interventions to meet patient and family center health care needs. Demonstrates competent skills, appropriate clinical judgments and chain of command to promote patient safety and reach planned care goals and outcomes
• Competently and consistently assesses, conducts and evaluates the outcomes of patient and family teaching, from admission, or episode of care, to discharge, teaching reflects sensitivity to age, learning needs and cultural background
• Evaluates care by performing regular and systematic reviews of patient /family responses to interventions; revises the…