RN CVICU

The Heart Hospital - 1100 Allied Dr, Plano, 75093

• Shift/
  
  Schedule:
  
  Full Time, Days. 3x12, 6:45 AM‑7:15 PM.
• Requirement: Requires a minimum of 2 years CVICU or CVPCU RN experience.

Our 2 CUB Unit is a fast‑paced environment that includes high‑acuity patients. Are you looking to increase your knowledge base? Our 2 CUB Unit leadership team fosters an environment that supports learning, mentoring, and building every team member.

Patient Population: Cardiac and Vascular: CHF, immediate post‑op heart bypass and valves (Cardiac Universal Bed model: care for telemetry, PCU, ICU and CV patients).

Patient Ratios: 1:4 (tele); 1:3 (PCU); 1:2 (ICU); 1:1 (immediate post‑op) or unstable ICY patients connected to specialized devices.

Number of Beds: 20 beds.

Department Specifics: skills leveling, caring for ICU devices (Impella, IABP, CRRT, EKOS, lumbar drain); world‑renown surgeons, magnet hospital, active unit‑based council.

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 by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the encounter without 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. The RN job is to be used for RNs in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24x7 staffing, which include those departments with on‑call staffing on the off shifts.

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 indicators. Supports evidence‑based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.

Caring Practices:
Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patients and families and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.

Response to Diversity:
Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient’s and family’s unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.

Advocacy and Moral Agency:
Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patients and families and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.

Facilitation of Learning:
Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health‑care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate and/or make informed decisions about their health care and treatments. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.

Collaboration:

Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow‑up.

Systems Thinking:
Uses strategies and available resources for problem‐solving for patients, families and staff. Recognizes that resources are limited and considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and…