Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiac Cath Lab - Full-Time Contract - FlexStaff

Northwell•Town of Huntington, NY

9d•$88 - $90

About The Position

The Registered Nurse performs an age-specific plan of care for a designated group of patients, using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other health team members to coordinate and implement procedures and treatments, and uses leadership skills and clinical judgment to coordinate patient care and direct or delegate activities of the patient care unit team. The role includes assessing patients’ physiologic and psychosocial health, identifying outcomes and individualized goals, formulating and implementing care plans, evaluating care, administering medications, providing patient and family education, and collaborating with the care team. The nurse also assists with treatments and diagnostic procedures, supports discharge planning, and performs skin and decubitus care and other related duties as required.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Associate’s Degree in Nursing required.
Minimum 1–2 years of professional nursing experience in the related specialty.
2+ years of current Cardiac Cath Lab, Cath Lab Recovery, and/or PACU experience required.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State and/or Connecticut required.
BLS required.
ACLS required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physiologic health, including gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and neurological status, mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, skin condition, and pain.
Interview patients, explain policies and procedures, review charts, answer questions, and communicate and document patient status and plans of care.
Assess patients’ psychosocial health, coping mechanisms, knowledge, comprehension, cultural and ethnic needs, expectations, and need for support services.
Identify actual and potential patient problems, develop criteria and statements for measuring outcomes, and establish individualized goals and teaching needs.
Formulate and document prioritized plans of care, coordinate cost-effective use of supplies, equipment, and medication, and collaborate with physicians and other health team members.
Implement plans of care, maintain patient safety, administer prescribed treatments, use equipment correctly, reassess patients, and revise care plans as needed.
Observe and document patient conditions, treatment, activity, and responses to interventions, using departmental documentation methods.
Respond effectively to emergencies, provide emotional support, maintain a calm environment, communicate with families or caretakers, and provide discharge instructions.
Evaluate care effectiveness, document outcomes, perform variance analysis, and participate in designing, implementing, and evaluating systems to improve unit care.
Collaborate with physicians and care team members on treatment regimens, assist with treatments and diagnostic procedures, report changes in patient condition, and direct or delegate assignments to designated care team members.
Perform grade I–IV decubitus care, preventive skin care, simple dressings using aseptic technique, warm and cold compresses, irrigations, and other skin-care procedures as necessary.
Administer medications safely, including preparing local solutions and IV drips, administering IVP medication according to policy, documenting administration, and educating patients about drug and food interactions.
Provide patient and family education, identify teaching opportunities, assess teaching effectiveness, and support early discharge planning and referrals for post-hospital care.
Perform related duties as required.