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About The Position

Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent.
• Current RN license in the state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; required within six months of hire.
• AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS certification, as specified for the facility.
• Competency in routine nursing skills, ECG rhythm interpretation, and care of cardiac step-down and telemetry patients.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Successful completion of a Basic Dysrhythmia Course.
• Completion of a Critical Care Course.
• Six months of cardiac step-down or telemetry experience within the last two years.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide nursing care to patients in the step-down unit.
• Provide appropriate nursing interventions in stable and emergent situations, including managing care during life-threatening emergencies.
• Interpret ECG rhythms accurately and verify alarm settings with the Monitor Technician according to policy.
• Demonstrate knowledge of lead functions and application and recommend appropriate monitoring based on patient presentation.
• Provide routine nursing care, including medication administration, intravenous therapy and blood products, catheter and drain care, and safe use of medical equipment used in the critical care setting.
• Follow the chain of command according to policy.
• Care for patients after coronary intervention requiring femoral sheath removal using a Femostop Device, after permanent pacemaker or AICD placement, and patients admitted with stable acute coronary syndrome.
• Apply clinical judgment by integrating clinical data with clinical assessment when managing cardiac step-down and telemetry patients.
• Initiate a multidisciplinary, goal-oriented care plan in collaboration with the health care team and document patient and family education using appropriate teaching methods.
• Supervise and delegate patient care tasks to ancillary personnel based on their competency and scope of practice; evaluate the effectiveness of care performed.
• Complete legible, accurate, and timely documentation of nursing care, including patient responses to medications, treatments, and procedures.
• Perform unit-specific safety and quality control checks, including shift and 24-hour physician order checks, verbal and telephone order read-back, crash cart checks, urine quality control, refrigerator logs, and expiration-date checks.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to improve care, services, and unit operations; try new approaches to problem solving and remain open to change and unit goals.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
• Receive required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.