Registered Nurse RN - PCCU/IMCU - Full Time Days

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Braselton, GA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the 24-bed Braselton Medical Intermediate Care and Progressive Cardiac Care Unit (IMCU/PCCU), caring for intermediate-care medical and progressive cardiac patients who need more frequent monitoring. Patients may require advanced respiratory support, including BiPAP, HiFlo Oxygen, or Vapotherm, and may include people with endocrine or gastrointestinal emergencies, alcohol withdrawal with a CIWA score below 26, chest pain, acute coronary syndrome, stable acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or dysrhythmias. Unit services include central venous pressure monitoring, removal of arterial and venous sheaths, chest tube care and management, arterial site management, epidural/PCA management, tracheostomy care, and cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring. The RN provides safe, effective direct care using the nursing process and coordinates care for assigned patients during a shift to promote clinical outcomes. The role involves working with an interdisciplinary team, communicating with patients, families, and colleagues, prioritizing care, applying evidence-based practice, and seeking and using feedback to improve practice. The RN takes a beginning bedside leadership role, participates in unit and shared-governance activities, and contributes to quality, patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive indicator improvement. New graduate RNs focus on developing knowledge and skills while building the ability to care for increasingly complex patients, with consultation and feedback from experienced clinicians.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in Georgia.
Associate's degree in nursing (ADN) or nursing diploma required.
At least 1 year of RN experience, demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations, or experience meeting requirements upon hire.
Demonstrated ability to deliver safe, effective, efficient care that meets population-specific guidelines.
Effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues at all levels.
Ability to prioritize, recognize problems, and use evidence-based practice.
Ability to delegate appropriately and support the NGHS shared governance model.
Basic computer skills to operate computer systems used on the unit.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Previous specialty experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct, safe patient care based on the nursing process and coordinate care for assigned patients during a shift.
Care for intermediate-care medical and progressive cardiac patients who require more frequent monitoring, including patients needing advanced respiratory support.
Provide or support services such as CVP monitoring, sheath removal, chest tube care, arterial site management, epidural/PCA management, tracheostomy care, and cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring.
Participate as a full partner on the care team, respond to team members' requests for assistance, and adapt to change.
Lead interdisciplinary rounds to support appropriate care and transitions across the continuum.
Apply the nursing process to meet patients' and families' clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical, and spiritual issues during care.
Delegate care appropriately while remaining accountable for the quality of care provided.
Communicate clearly with patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare team members; use safety and error-prevention tools.
Seek feedback, improve clinical practice, identify quality-improvement opportunities, and apply evidence-based practice.
Support lifelong learning, self-development, and serve as a resource for students.
Support shared governance, unit council, and unit-based quality and self-care activities.
Promote respectful, healthy team relationships and value team members' contributions.
Support activities to improve patient experience, employee engagement, quality of care, and nursing-sensitive indicators.
Maintain de-escalation training certification as appropriate for the work unit.