RN, Cardiac Progressive Care
About The Position
3WEST is a 50-bed Cardiac Progressive Care Unit that sees a multitude of complex patients, including Medicine Progressive Care and other MedSurg patients. Many of our patients require advanced monitoring or an elevated level of care. RN’s obtain specialized skills to care for this population, including being ACLS trained within 1 year of RN hire. Specialties often cared for on 3WEST include cardiothoracic surgery, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, lung/heart transplant, transvenous pacing, mechanical circulatory support, and DKA management, as well as patients with increased oxygen needs. Job Summary: The Registered Nurse is a practitioner who is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for an identified group of patients in an inpatient environment. This individual demonstrates competency in delivery of care to a primarily adult population. The Staff RN-Inpatient job description has incorporated essential functions which are adapted from the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (2010).
Requirements
- Clinical competence and experience in the care and management of target patient populations specific to area of employment.
- Professional knowledge of nursing theory and practice at a level normally acquired through completion of education at an accredited School of Nursing in order to be eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse is required.
- Upon hire any non-BSN nurse with less than one year of licensed registered nurse experience will be required to enroll in a BSN (or higher nursing degree) program. Acceptance into a program is expected within 15 months of hire and the degree program must be completed within 5 years of enrollment, or 6 years if program is MSN, DNP or PhD in Nursing.
- Requires current state of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License or a Multi-state Nursing License from a participating state in the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact).
- American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) or an AHA approved equivalent is required within 90 days of hire.
- AHA HeartCode Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for healthcare providers or an AHA approved equivalent is required within 1 year of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing is preferred.
Responsibilities
- assessing
- planning
- implementing
- evaluating nursing care for an identified group of patients in an inpatient environment
- demonstrates competency in delivery of care to a primarily adult population
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Growth opportunity- Career Pathways & Career Tuition Assistance, CEU opportunities
- Academic Partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin
- Referral bonuses
- Retirement plan - 403b
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Free Workplace Clinics
- Employee Assistance Programs, Adoption Assistance, Healthy Contributions, Care@Work, Moving Assistance, Discounts on gym memberships, travel and other work life benefits available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
