RN - Echo and Vascular Lab - PRN

Sanford Health • Thief River Falls, MN

6d • $38 - $55

About The Position

The registered nurse implements the nursing process within Sanford Health and across the continuum of care. This position provides a secondary seat in stress testing and supports the stress testing team. The nurse screens patients through a pertinent medical history and abbreviated physical examination, performs routine and nuclear stress tests, and assesses, diagnoses, plans care with outcome criteria, intervenes, evaluates, and documents patient responses to actual or potential health problems. Nursing practice includes dependent, interdependent, and independent functions.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school or college of nursing.
• Complete a pre-licensure nursing program that included supervised clinical experience across the life span, or have at least 400 hours of RN or LPN experience at another facility.
• Complete a formal 12-lead EKG interpretation course covering ischemia, infarct patterns, and dysrhythmia recognition.
• Have two years of recent cardiology experience and demonstrated competency in administering treadmill tests and acquiring the necessary cognitive skills.
• Hold current Registered Nurse licensure in the state or states of practice.
• Obtain Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within one year of hire for the listed applicable service areas, which include Cardiovascular Diagnostics.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Cardiology background or comfort reading and documenting EKGs and EKG changes during testing.
• Current ACLS course completion.

Responsibilities

• Support the stress testing team in a secondary seat.
• Screen patients using a pertinent medical history and abbreviated physical examination.
• Perform stress tests for routine and nuclear testing.
• Use the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan care with outcome criteria, intervene, evaluate, and document patient responses to actual or potential health problems.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree