Cardio Pulmonary Resource Nurse Half Time

San Juan Regional Medical Center•Farmington, NM

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community. The Cardio-Pulmonary Resource Nurse is responsible creating a safe, productive, and patient centered experience during cardiopulmonary procedures. They are responsible for creating a caring professional environment for the patient, family, and physician. The Cardiopulmonary Resource Nurse will facilitates and guides the growth of the patient by providing timely, compassionate, and appropriate teaching and reinforcement. They provide the nursing experience and knowledge base to complement and enable the other team members in performance of their duties.

Requirements

NM State Nursing Licensing
BLS Certification
Complete all assigned EKG modules through Health Stream within one year of hire date

Nice To Haves

ACLS Certification (required within six (6) months of transfer/hire)

Responsibilities

Responsible for pre procedural arrangements with Nursing floors and the outpatients in regard to scheduled procedure time, transportation, and instructions
Maintain continuity of patient care through communication with other healthcare team members
Responsible for receiving patients and admitting, periodic, and discharge vital signs per department policy
Utilizes assessment skills to help plan an approach of individualized care to each patient and provide safe patient care during pre, intra, and post procedure
Responsible for IV access prior to the procedure; all prerequisite medical intervention will be administered according to nursing protocol policy and physician’s orders
Responsible for teaching pre procedure and discharge instructions
Communicate an attitude of concern to the patient and family through active listening, responding to the needs communicated and giving feedback
Responsible for assisting in procedure set up of equipment, assisting with the procedure, and clean up of equipment
Responsible for proper and accurate documentation stated by department policy of care given and is responsible for patient records and procedure charges
The Cardiopulmonary Resource Nurse is responsible for adhering to department policy concerning infection control and maintains aseptic laboratory skills.
The Cardiopulmonary Resource Nurse is responsible for respecting culture diversity, employing interpreters when needed, note and accommodate hearing and visual impaired patients.
The nurse will include family and significant others in patient care, planning education, use age-appropriate teaching when needed, advocate patient rights as needed, understand age-related physiological difference and can implement age-appropriate therapeutic interventions, interact professional with co-workers and promote interdepartmental teamwork
Obtain complete and reproducible diagnostically accurate cardiac stress exams
Have a thorough knowledge of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology
Understand the essentials of EKG interpretation and be able to differentiate artifacts from real data
Be able to identify and troubleshoot suboptimal EKG tracings
Be able to identify potentially life threatening arrhythmias and implement appropriate interventions
Coordinate the stress test with other team members
Provide pre and post procedural teaching and instructions
Obtain complete and reproducible diagnostically accurate EKGS and Holter tests
Have a thorough knowledge of EKG rhythm interpretation
Recognize and troubleshoot common artifacts
Recognize hemodynamically significant arrhythmias (critical values)
Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
Other duties as assigned