Registered Nurse - Progressive Care - R3

Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital•Plattsburgh, NY

15h•Onsite

About The Position

As a nurse on the Progressive Care Unit, you can care for a wide range of moderately complex patients between two unique units, R3/R4. PCU provides advanced monitoring with sophisticated equipment, intensive treatments, and a team approach to promote wellness through assessment, monitoring, and education in critically ill patients. The Progressive Care nurse primarily treats patients with the following diagnosis: compromised airway requiring intensive respiratory therapy, controlled infusion of antiarrhythmic or vasoactive IV drug therapy, acute poisoning, suicide attempts, multisystem failure, neurologic abnormalities, metabolic crisis, multiple trauma, chest pain, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hemodynamic instability, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, post-anesthesia care, mechanical ventilation, cardiac monitoring, arrhythmia analysis, thrombolytic therapy, GI bleeding, internal/external pacing, electrical cardioversion, acute dialysis (peritoneal, hemodialysis) and post-cardiac arrest. PCU nurses are encouraged and supported for professional growth with committee commitments, education seminars, certifications, advancement in degree, LEAD, preceptor course, and within-department education.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license
Progressive Care experience
Ability to care for patients with compromised airway requiring intensive respiratory therapy
Ability to administer controlled infusion of antiarrhythmic or vasoactive IV drug therapy
Ability to treat patients with acute poisoning, suicide attempts, multisystem failure, neurologic abnormalities, metabolic crisis, multiple trauma, chest pain, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hemodynamic instability
Ability to perform invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Ability to provide post-anesthesia care
Ability to manage patients on mechanical ventilation
Ability to perform cardiac monitoring and arrhythmia analysis
Ability to administer thrombolytic therapy
Ability to treat patients with GI bleeding
Ability to manage internal/external pacing
Ability to perform electrical cardioversion
Ability to provide acute dialysis (peritoneal, hemodialysis)
Ability to provide care for post-cardiac arrest patients
Willingness to participate in committee commitments
Willingness to attend education seminars
Willingness to pursue certifications
Willingness to advance degree
Willingness to participate in LEAD programs
Willingness to complete preceptor courses
Willingness to engage in within-department education

Nice To Haves

Experience with advanced monitoring and sophisticated equipment
Experience in intensive treatments
Experience in team approach to promote wellness through assessment, monitoring, and education in critically ill patients

Responsibilities

Care for a wide range of moderately complex patients.
Provide advanced monitoring with sophisticated equipment.
Administer intensive treatments.
Promote wellness through assessment, monitoring, and education in critically ill patients.
Treat patients with compromised airways requiring intensive respiratory therapy.
Administer controlled infusion of antiarrhythmic or vasoactive IV drug therapy.
Treat patients with acute poisoning, suicide attempts, multisystem failure, neurologic abnormalities, metabolic crisis, multiple trauma, chest pain, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hemodynamic instability.
Perform invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
Provide post-anesthesia care.
Manage patients on mechanical ventilation.
Perform cardiac monitoring and arrhythmia analysis.
Administer thrombolytic therapy.
Treat patients with GI bleeding.
Manage internal/external pacing.
Perform electrical cardioversion.
Provide acute dialysis (peritoneal, hemodialysis).
Provide care for post-cardiac arrest patients.
Participate in committee commitments.
Attend education seminars.
Pursue certifications.
Advance degree.
Participate in LEAD programs.
Complete preceptor courses.
Engage in within-department education.