Registered Nurse - Cardiac Tele 4, PRN I, Nights

Texas Health•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Cardiac Telemetry department at Texas Health Southwest provides telemetry and Med/Surg level of care for adult to geriatric patients with general medical/surgical, endocrine, and GI/renal conditions. The department has a 28-bed capacity with a patient-to-nurse ratio of 5:1 on both day and night shifts, utilizing 12-hour shifts. This is a PRN/per diem position for the night shift.

Requirements

Nursing Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing required
Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire
BCLS – prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required
1-year experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program required

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
ACLS – within 90 days of hire required
CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training – within 90 days of hire
Current Telemetry experience preferred

Responsibilities

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process: assesses the patient, plans the care of the patient, intervenes as appropriate, evaluates the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information.
Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.
Delivers high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.