RN Cardiac Rehab

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center•Cheyenne, WY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Cardiac Rehab position performs patient care, education, documentation, and assists with program quality management and statistical data collection. This position is responsible for clinical assessment and treatment of patients as a Registered Nurse.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or higher from an accredited school of nursing
Wyoming Registered Nurse License or enhanced Nurse Licensure (eNLC)
Two (2) or more years of relevant nursing experience
Cheyenne Regional AHA RQI within 14 calendar days of start date
6 Months: AHA ACLS within six (6) months of start date
Ability to interact effectively with patients, their families, physicians and team members
Basic computer skills to include electronic health records
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to perform precise equipment calibrations
Ability to organize workload, and use of effective time management
Problem solving, reasoning and critical thinking skills
Basic knowledge of ECG interpretation, patent education concepts, cardiac exercise formats, and physical assessments
Ability to respond with professional skills to emergency care situations

Nice To Haves

Recent and relevant experience in cardiovascular field
Training in Nicotine Cessation Education

Responsibilities

Completes nursing assessment of patient and appropriately documents into patient chart.
Coordinates with a multidisciplinary team on evaluation of new patients to determine treatment and exercise program needs as well as safe, continuous, adaptable and beneficial treatment of existing patients.
Creates individualized treatment plans, ensures treatment plans are up to date throughout program, and monitors outcomes and discharge plans on cardiac and pulmonary rehab patients.
Implements medical and nursing orders per plan of care and documents appropriately.
Provides education to patients and family members on diagnosis, individual risk factors, lifestyle modifications, and symptom monitoring.
Performs nicotine cessation counseling on an individual inpatient basis and in a group setting as part of the Commit to Quit program.
Provides further clinical assessment and treatment of patients during program where additional health problems or complications are involved.
Administers medication during treatment and as required in emergency situations.
Participates in the development/implementation and revision of quality control, process improvement, and quality management.