RN Cardiac Cath Recovery

Working at CommonSpirit Health•Glendale, CA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based care to support patient well-being and recovery. The role involves assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, implementing individualized care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal health outcomes. The RN organizes and prioritizes care while attending to patient needs and comfort, applies current practice standards and regulations, acts as a patient advocate, and demonstrates accountability for ethical practice. The RN assesses physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs of the unit-specific patient population. Based on those assessments, the RN develops individualized plans of care with measurable goals and time frames, includes patients and families in planning, coordinates with other disciplines as indicated, and implements nursing and medical interventions appropriate to patient diagnoses and age-specific needs. The RN uses equipment and supplies appropriately, reassesses patients to determine intervention effectiveness, updates care plans as needs change, and responds promptly and appropriately to changes in patient condition. Applications from new graduates and nurses new to the specialty are not currently being accepted. The position is represented by CNA and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse (RN) program; Associate Degree of Nursing.
At least 6 months of experience in Telemetry, Emergency Services, Cath Lab, Critical Care, or other cardiovascular experience.
Active RN license from the State of California.
BLS certification from the American Heart Association.
ACLS certification from the American Heart Association.
New graduates and nurses new to the specialty are not currently being accepted.

Responsibilities

Provide effective, comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes.
Organize and prioritize patient care activities while balancing patient needs and comfort.
Collaborate with other disciplines to develop and deliver 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 practice issues.
Serve as a patient advocate.
Complete patient assessments competently and identify the physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs of the unit-specific patient population.
Develop individualized plans of care based on patient assessments, including measurable goals and time frames, and involve patients and families in planning.
Coordinate with other disciplines when indicated.
Implement interventions based on nursing and medical plans of care, adapting them to patient population, diagnosis, and age-specific needs.
Use equipment and supplies appropriately and follow established policies, procedures, and protocols for transporting, handling, and storing intravenous fluids.
Reassess patients after interventions, update plans of care to reflect current needs, and recognize and respond to changes in patient condition in a timely, clinically appropriate manner.