Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiovascular (CV) ICU

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for their ICU - Cardiovascular Department at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank location in Minneapolis, MN. This unit specializes in caring for patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass, valve replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, aortic arch repair, and heart and lung transplant. The CVICU also manages patients with decompensated heart failure, adult congenital heart defects, cardiogenic shock, advanced pulmonary hypertension, and cardiac arrest. The team routinely applies extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), ventricular assist devices (VAD), intraortic balloon pumps (IABP), and Swan-Ganz catheters. The complex patient population requires hemodynamic monitoring, critical medication management, management of organ failure, maintenance of systemic perfusion, and high technical skills. The unit maintains a low nurse to patient ratio and provides resource nurses on unit. This position is 0.60 FTE (48 hours every two weeks), working 12-hour night shifts and requiring every third weekend. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient populations, adhering to all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines, and the MN Nurse Practice Act. The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities as appropriate.

Requirements

MN RN Licensure
Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN)
Basic Life Support (BLS) through Health Care Providers
Experience: 18 months of RN Cardiac ICU experience or 3 years of any RN ICU experience
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 month

Nice To Haves

BSN or higher preferred
Previous CVICU experience
Certification in related specialty is highly desired.
Certification by the American Association of Critical Care Nursing or in a related specialty is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
Collaborates with patient, family and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care
Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition and other relevant needs.
Evaluates care and patient response to interventions and expected outcomes.
Collaborates and communicates effectively and respectfully with the patient, family and members of the health care team within and across care settings to promote partnership-based health care
Demonstrates the ability to advance care by utilizing standards, guidelines, care pathways and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes.
Promotes a culture of evidence based practice (EBP)