Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Cardiac Cath Lab
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 06:00-16:00
Hours per Shift: 10 hours
Experience: 1 year in related nursing specialty preferred
License: RN License in the state of NM or compact
Certifications: BLS required (AHA only)
Must-Have: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred
Description:
The competent Nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.
Provides routine and complex care with the ability to meet long-range goals or plans.
Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing.
Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers to help manage the clinical situation.
Meets expectations of applicable competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
Consistent with the Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned patients.
Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families in accordance with their level of practice.
Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
Documents patient history, symptoms, medications, and care given.
Assesses learning needs and provides education to patients, family members, and/or caregivers; identifies issues and resources.