Registered Nurse (RN II) – Progressive Care Unit - Full Time Nights

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN II) provides nursing care in the Progressive Care Unit at Texas Health Dallas. The role delivers care using the Nursing Process, including assessing patients, planning and implementing care, and evaluating interventions. The nurse incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responds to patients’ and significant others’ needs for information, and maintains continuity of care across shifts, hospitals, and transfers. The position includes cardiac-focused care and management of various cardiac drips. This is a full-time night position scheduled for 36 hours per week, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with rotating weekends. The work location is Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas. The department highlights self-scheduling, educational and career growth opportunities, an engaged leadership team, multidisciplinary collaboration, and resources to support patient care.

Requirements

Nursing diploma required.
Associate degree from an accredited nursing program required.
One year of experience as a registered nurse, or completion of an RN residency program, required.
BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) required within 90 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
One year of strong Medical Telemetry experience in an acute care setting strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process.
Assess patients.
Plan patient care.
Intervene as appropriate.
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ needs for information.
Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.
Provide cardiac-focused care.
Manage various cardiac drips.
Practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act and serve as a role model, intra- and interdisciplinary collaborator, and coordinator for quality patient care.