RN Med/Surg Cardiac Telemetry

Fairview Health Services•Maplewood, MN

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring an RN at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota. The position is 48 hours per two weeks, working 8-hour evening shifts from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on a variable schedule, including every other weekend. The role is based on a 33-bed Heart Care unit in a 184-bed hospital. Patients typically stay about 2.5 days. The unit cares for patients with observable chest pain, patients being evaluated for cardiac conditions, stroke patients, and patients experiencing alcohol withdrawal. Nurses prepare and recover patients for stress tests, echocardiograms, and cardiac procedures, including diagnostic angiograms and stent placement, ablations, pacemaker and ICD insertions, and open-heart surgery. The unit also cares for patients with heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias who may need IV drips. RNs identify cardiac rhythms and determine next steps with physician guidance. The RN serves as a key leader of the interdependent care team and coordinates care for a group of patients to achieve patient and unit outcomes. This includes assessing patient and family needs, identifying desired outcomes, establishing and monitoring plans of care, and modifying those plans as needed. Depending on the unit, work may involve patient education and care coordination, blood and laboratory draws, therapies and treatments, telemetry monitoring, accessing ports, PICCs, and feeding tubes, BiPAP, manual and cycler peritoneal dialysis, discharge planning, medication administration, vital-sign checks, and lab review. Opportunities may be available to obtain certifications such as Med/Surg, Ortho, or Chemo certification.

Requirements

Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers.
Degree in Nursing.
RN license.

Nice To Haves

Telemetry experience.
Acute care experience.
BSN degree.

Responsibilities

Coordinate care for a group of patients to achieve patient and unit outcomes.
Assess comprehensive patient and family needs.
Identify outcomes based on assessed needs and establish plans of care.
Monitor patient progress and modify plans of care as needed.
Identify cardiac rhythms and determine next steps with physician guidance.
Provide patient education and coordinate care.
Perform blood draws and laboratory draws.
Provide therapies and treatments and monitor telemetry.
Access ports, PICCs, and feeding tubes.
Provide or support BiPAP and manual and cycler peritoneal dialysis, as applicable to the unit.
Plan discharges, administer medications, check vital signs, and review laboratory results.