JOB RESPONSIBILITIES-

Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Unit

RN -CVU

Full-Time

Registered Nurse candidates for the Cardiovascular Unit will have the following job responsibilities:

• Applies nursing judgment through a thorough, systematic approach of applying the nursing process to include:
• Assessment: Conducts comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused physical, psycho- social and pain assessments; includes assessment of patient education needs.
• Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, and formulates goals, teaching plans and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient goals, readiness to learn and incorporates family into the plan of care.
• Implementation: Prioritizes and implements a competent, prioritized and efficient nursing plan of care.
• Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conducts timely evaluation, anticipates and recognizes changes in patient conditions, determines when reassessments are needed and adjusts the plan of care as necessary.
• Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS-

Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Unit

RN -CVU

Full-Time

Registered Nurse candidates for the Cardiovascular Unit must meet the following minimum job qualifications:

• Must have successfully completed an accredited RN program.
• Must have RN license in the State of Texas, COMPACT nursing state, or have the ability to obtain one.
• Must have BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Med/Surg RN candidates with 2-3 years of acute care experience will be considered.
• Candidates with 1 year of RN experience in an acute care hospital will be considered.
• LTAC-only experience will NOT be considered.