Registered Nurse / RN - PCU - PRN, Days
About The Position
This position is for a Registered Nurse on a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) working on a PRN basis for day shifts. The role involves providing high-quality patient care, focusing on basic human needs, human respect, understanding unique meanings, affiliation needs, mutual problem-solving, attentive reassurance, an encouraging manner, creating a healing environment, and teamwork. The unit is a 12-bed PCU with NPs onsite 24/7, offering great nurse/doctor collaboration and self-scheduling. The hospital, Texas Health Alliance, is a 151-bed facility serving the North Fort Worth area since 2012, and is Joint Commission-accredited with a Level III NICU, Baby Friendly Facility, and Pathways to Excellence designated.
Requirements
- Nursing Diploma OR Associate's Degree in Nursing OR Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- 1 year experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program
- RN - Registered Nurse upon hire
- BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days
- CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually within 90 days
- NIHSS – National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification within 60 days
Nice To Haves
- 1 year of PCU experience
Responsibilities
- Basic Human Needs – Responds to other’s priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
- Human Respect – Honors worth of human through unconditional acceptance.
- Appreciation of Unique Meanings – Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
- Affiliation Needs – Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
- Mutual Problem Solving – Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to learn about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved patients.
- Attentive Reassurance – Listens and concentrates on other. Is reliable and attentive.
- Encouraging Manner – The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
- Healing Environment – The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.
- Teamwork – “Individuals caring for individuals, together”
Benefits
- 401k
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discount Programs
- other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
