RN - Progressive Care Unit (Intermediate)

Carle Health•Normal, IL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in an eighteen-bed Progressive Care Unit (PCU), an intermediate-care unit providing specialized medical and nursing care. The unit serves patients with diagnoses including stroke, transient ischemic attack, seizure, syncope, dizziness, encephalopathy, renal failure, respiratory failure, sepsis, and post-operative neurosurgical conditions. The nurse collaborates with nursing staff and leaders, interdisciplinary team members, and physician partners while delivering care using current technology and equipment. The unit is described as fast-paced and continually evolving. The nurse assesses patients, develops and implements individualized plans of care, provides nursing interventions, and continually evaluates and modifies care as needed. The role also involves accurate documentation, attention to patient and employee safety, professional communication and collaboration, ongoing learning, and meeting departmental competencies. For identified stroke and TIA patients, the nurse ensures required DNV measures are addressed and documented. Meaningful hourly rounding, bedside shift reports, and whiteboards support communication with patients and families. The nurse closely monitors post-operative neurosurgical patients.

Requirements

Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within 30 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within one year.

Responsibilities

Perform responsibilities and duties required by the unit and within the scope of service.
Apply procedures and theories relevant to the specific area of practice.
Maintain accurate, up-to-date documentation of nursing care for use by the healthcare team.
Complete initial patient admission assessments and develop plans of care based on patient and family needs and unit standards.
Implement plans of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
Continuously evaluate and modify plans of care as appropriate.
Promote patient and employee safety by reporting or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
Communicate directly and privately when necessary to resolve issues.
Offer constructive feedback to support peers’ professional development and confer with colleagues to expand knowledge.
Identify personal learning needs and take initiative to address them.
Fulfill departmental competency requirements.
Ensure required DNV measures for identified stroke and TIA patients are addressed and accurately documented.
Support communication with patients and families through meaningful hourly rounding, bedside shift reports, and whiteboards.
Closely monitor post-operative neurosurgical patients.