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 with current technology and equipment. The unit’s nursing staff, nurse leaders, interdisciplinary team members, and physician partners care for patients with diagnoses including stroke, transient ischemic attack, seizure, syncope, dizziness, encephalopathy, renal failure, respiratory failure, sepsis, and post-operative neurosurgical conditions. The PCU is described as fast-paced and continually evolving. The role includes assessing patients, planning and implementing care, monitoring outcomes, maintaining accurate documentation, and supporting patient and employee safety. The nurse also ensures required stroke/TIA measures are completed and documented, communicates with patients and families through meaningful hourly rounding, bedside shift reports, and whiteboards, and 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 through the American Heart Association (AHA) within 30 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within one year.

Responsibilities

Perform responsibilities and duties required by the unit within the scope of service.
Implement procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
Maintain accurate, up-to-date documentation of nursing care to support integration of information for the healthcare team.
Complete an initial assessment upon patient admission and develop an appropriate plan of care based on unit standards and patient and family needs.
Implement the plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
Continuously evaluate patients and modify the plan of care as needed.
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 all departmental competency requirements.
Ensure required DNV measures for identified stroke/TIA patients are addressed and accurately documented.
Communicate with patients and families using meaningful hourly rounding, bedside shift reports, and whiteboards.
Closely monitor post-operative neurosurgical patients.