RN Cardiac Cath Recovery
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to support patients’ health outcomes, well-being, and recovery. The RN completes patient assessments, develops and updates individualized plans of care, performs skilled interventions, and reassesses patients to evaluate whether interventions are effective. Care is organized and prioritized around patient needs and comfort, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs. The RN adapts care to the patient population, diagnosis, and age-specific needs, and responds to changes in patient condition in a timely and clinically appropriate manner. The RN collaborates with patients, families, and other disciplines to provide comprehensive care, advocates for patients, follows current practice standards and applicable rules and regulations, and supports ethical practice. The position is represented by CNA and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The employer is not currently accepting applications from new graduates or nurses new to the specialty.
Requirements
- Minimum education as required for RN licensure.
- At least 6 months of experience in Telemetry, Emergency Services, Cath Lab, Critical Care, or other cardiovascular experience.
- Current and active California Registered Nurse licensure.
- AHA Basic Life Support certification.
- AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, preferred upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide effective, comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes.
- Organize and prioritize patient care activities while considering patient needs and comfort.
- Collaborate with other disciplines to develop and provide a comprehensive, holistic plan of care.
- Apply current practice standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
- Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and address or escalate ethical issues.
- Serve as a patient advocate.
- Complete patient assessments competently and identify unit-specific patient needs, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs.
- Develop an individualized plan of care based on patient assessment, coordinating with other disciplines when indicated.
- Prioritize care needs, set measurable goals and time frames, and include the patient and family in care planning.
- Implement interventions based on the nursing and medical plans of care, adapting them to patient population, diagnosis, and age-specific needs.
- Use equipment and supplies appropriately, including following policies and procedures for the transport, handling, and storage of intravenous fluids.
- Reassess patients after interventions to verify effectiveness and update the plan of care to reflect current needs.
- Recognize and respond to changes in a patient’s condition in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
