Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)

ECU Health Medical Center•Greenville, NC

1d•$34 - $47•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) is responsible for providing care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, and other established professional standards. Nursing care will be delivered in accordance with ECU Health and entity-specific nursing policies, procedures, and professional standards of care/practice. The role involves the provision and coordination of nursing care, including assessment data collection and analysis, identification of expected outcomes, and development of a plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and interdisciplinary team members. The nurse implements interventions, evaluates patient progress, and documents the process, with sensitivity to age-specific and unique patient/family needs. Additionally, the RN promotes and evaluates the effective functioning of the health care team, collaborates to meet patient/family needs, and delegates tasks as appropriate and governed by the NC Nurse Practice Act.

Requirements

Diploma in Nursing, Associates in Nursing or higher
1 year of experience is required.
Current NC RN license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state
Health Care Provider is required.
Basic Life Support is required.
Flexibility in scheduling to meet the twenty four (24) hour needs of the patients.
Possess organizational, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
Ability to utilize effective and confidential communication in patient, interdisciplinary, and staff relationships.
Maintains stable performance levels under conditions of pressure and multiple demands.
Working knowledge and experience with PC-based applications

Responsibilities

Assures healing without harm through use of safety habits and error prevention tools, periodic rounding, and engagement in daily safety huddle.
Obtains and interprets initial and ongoing systematic patient/family assessment data, incorporating information from other appropriate sources.
Uses patient/family assessment data to formulate relevant nursing plan of care.
Collaborates with patient/family/significant others(s) and interdisciplinary team members to mutually formulate realistic and measurable outcomes based on clinical presentation and plan of care.
Collaborates with the patient/family/significant others (s) and interdisciplinary team members to develop an individualized plan of care which includes learning needs to achieve optimal health and well-being and transition across the continuum.
Implements and actions interventions identified in the plan of care with consideration for patients' needs across the life span.
Systematically evaluates and documents patient's progress based on expected outcomes and ongoing basis as identified in the patient's plan of care.
Uses informatics tools, principles, and practices to make health care safer, more effective, efficient, and patient centered by incorporating technologies into nursing practice.
Collaborates with the health care team, shift to shift, discipline to discipline, site to site, in the organization of tasks and activities for the patient's care from admission to discharge according the plan of care.
Delegates appropriate tasks/activities commensurate with educational preparation and demonstrated abilities of the persons supervised.
Communicates effectively with patients/families and other members of the health care team.
Promotes the professional development of self and team members.
Participates in quality and performance improvement efforts.
Analyzes clinical situations in a systematic way and acts to obtain resources or correct problems to best meet the patient's health care needs.
Demonstrates team behaviors to support the effectiveness of the health care team and provides feedback to team members as appropriate.
May mentor and develop new graduate or experienced nurses as well as students training in the organization.
May develop and serve in a leadership role at the unit level.
Partners with unit leadership on quality and/or research initiatives to improve patient outcomes.