RN Medical Cardiac IMC

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview Ridges Hospital is seeking an RN for our Medical Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit (IMC). This is a 39-bed unit with telemetry and a telemetry hub. The unit cares for a variety of patients including those with cardiac needs, telemetry needs, behavioral distress, complex medical needs, and intermediate ICU stepdown patients. This position is for 48 hours per two weeks, with 12-hour night shifts (7pm-7:30am) and requires working every third weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). The RN reports to the Nurse Manager or Patient Care Supervisor. The nursing care team includes RNs, an advanced practice nurse, a clinical education specialist, a nursing assistant or nursing station technician, and a telemetry tech on all shifts. The typical patient load is 4 on days/evenings and 6 on nights, with support from a Nursing Assistant or Nursing Station Technician. IMC ratios are 3 or 4-1. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s) in accordance with policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines, and the MN Nurse Practice Act. The RN coordinates care with healthcare team members and delegates responsibilities appropriately.

Requirements

MN Registered Nurse (RN) License
Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross)

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Degree in Nursing or BAN
1-3 years of experience

Responsibilities

Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
Involves the patient, family, and other health team members in gathering data.
Uses an ongoing, systematic process to gather relevant information (biological, psychological, spiritual, and social aspects) from patient and family.
Analyzes data and information to identify potential risks, prioritize needs and determine priority problems.
Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic, and attainable.
Validates these with patient, family, and other health team members.
Documents data and identified outcomes.
Develops an individualized nursing plan of care.
Collaborates with patient, family, and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care.
Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition, and other relevant needs.
Determines nursing interventions based on identified needs.
Identifies interdisciplinary resources needed to assist in implementing the nursing plan of care.
Prioritizes interventions based on patient acuity, available resources, and patient/family preferences and needs.
Documents and updates the plan of care to assure continuity throughout the continuum of care.
Implements nursing interventions based on the plan of care.
Provides care according to the plan, and in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures, and nursing practice guidelines.
Coordinates nursing care with the care of all other health team members.
Initiates age and culturally appropriate measures to support and meet patient needs while achieving expected outcomes.
Initiates patient/family teaching as appropriate to age, readiness to learn and available resources.
Collaborates, consults, or makes referrals if unable to perform safely and independently.
Delegates direct and indirect patient care activities to appropriate personnel based on needs, condition, potential for risk/harm, complexity of the skill and predictability of the outcome.
Assures all actions are based on scientific, ethical, or ecological principles; proven effectiveness; experience; practice standards; patient/family requests and values; or, legal parameters.
Uses the full range of therapeutic modalities to support and augment the healing process, moving from least intensive and invasive to more, depending on need and context.
Documents interventions according to practice guidelines.
Anticipates, recognizes, and responds to emergent situations.