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Registered Nurse - Stepdown Intermediate Care Unit
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1. Must Haves: Active RN Unencumbered License. Will Hire New Grads (If they had Cardiac clinicals).
2. Plusses: Recent (Within 1 year) Inpatient Hospital experience. ACLS. BLS. ANCC (Cardiac Vascular Nursing Certification). Background in cardiac.
3. Number of beds: 21 Beds
4. Patient population: This is a Stepdown/Intermediate Care unit. Our main focus is heart failure and patients with VADS (Ventricular Assist Device) and Heart Transplants. Lots of cardiac drips: Cardizem, Nitro, and electrolyte replacements. RNs will work closely with the VAD team on education for home (dress changes, LVADS, IV medication, etc).
5. Nurse to patient ratio: 1:3-4. (When it’s 1:3, typically the patient is a new transplant, new VADS, or pulmonary hypertension)
6. 7. Are there any opportunities for growth? Yes. Once experienced, they can move into a Charge RN or move into the Cardiac ICU. A lot of nurses will go into research or a VAD Coordinator role.
8. Orientation/Training and Reporting details? 10 weeks of orientation for a new grad. 8 weeks for an experienced nurse. RN will work closely with Preceptor learning the devices on the floor. Attend a VAD class and critical care classes.
9. What type of personality works well in this department? Friendly, team player.
Selling points of the unit: In Jan 2020, they are getting an artificial heart. Always advancing their technology/cardiac devices. They have done an Evaheart LVAD (medical device).
- Provide care for patients in the assigned unit
- Work in a neonatal intensive care unit providing quality nursing care to patients
- Paid weekly but Daily Pay Available
- Report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Demonstrate the ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner
- Utilize the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care of the neonatal patient
- Providing around-the-clock care to patients
- Ensure that a newborn's critical care treatment is
- Perform neonatal assessment of NICU patients and Newborn Nursery patients
- Supervise tasks to provide optimum patient care
- Taking care of the preemie
- Provide the best possible care
- Provide intensive care management throughout the treatment episode at the levels of care designated by the use of approved medical necessity criteria
- Maintain readiness of emergency equipment and supplies in the NICU, stabilization area, and neonatal transport unit
- Enhance excellence in the delivery of patient care
- Insure the proper care of patients and families
- Providing intensive care management services to members based on the member selection criteria, policies and procedures
- Placed in a nursing home level of care
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care and coordinate care so patients make progress toward desired outcomes
- Review care of hospitalized plan members
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