Progressive Care Unit RN
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Wayne UNC Health Care

RN Progressive Care Unit

Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina Unit: Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Employment Type: Clinical-Nursing Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Job Summary

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reports to and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director. Coordinates and delivers patient care using the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties

• Assess patients, families, and caregivers for readiness to learn, developmental level, and learning barriers, and provide patient education.
• Care for patients with complex problems, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
• Perform bedside point-of-care testing as required by the care plan.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to plan, evaluate, and update care, and plan discharge.
• Consult appropriate resources for complex care issues and patients at high risk for discharge planning.
• Participate in unit goals, performance improvement activities, and research review.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in North Carolina.
• Two (2) years of experience in a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) caring for cardiac patients, including PCU experience within the last year.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited school of nursing.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.