Registered Nurse (RN)- Cardiac 7th Floor PRN

Medical University of South Carolina•Florence, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Cardiac 7th Floor at the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA). The nurse will provide patient-centered care using the nursing process, focusing on physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. This includes assessment, nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, intervention implementation, care coordination, health teaching, and evaluation, all consistent with MUSC policies. The nurse is expected to maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment and function professionally within a professional practice model, participating in shared governance and promoting a healthy work environment. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC attracts over $250 million annually in research funding and its clinical enterprise, MUSC Health, operates a 750-bed medical center. This includes a nationally recognized Children’s Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (specializing in cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and the Institute of Psychiatry. MUSC Health also manages more than 100 outreach clinics, hospital/health system affiliations, and telehealth sites. U.S. News & World Report has recognized MUSC among the top one percent of all American hospitals, with 11 specialties in the top 50. The MUSC Medical Center is also one of only three Magnet® designated hospitals in South Carolina.

Requirements

South Carolina or Compact State RN License
American Heart Association BLS Certification
Associate's Degree
Minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse
Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state
Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification

Responsibilities

Provides nursing care to patients using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation).
Directs and leads other assigned team members.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
Provide patient/family centered care using the nursing process and focusing on the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs.
Providing for the assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion and evaluation of goals and interventions consistent with the policies of MUSC.
Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
Demonstrates the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model.
Participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice and acknowledgment of accountability for actions and critical thinking.
Coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services through the application of care management principles.
Identifies clinical priorities and initiates action to improve patient outcomes.
Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.