CVOR Open Heart RN
Peoria, Illinois
Carle Health - 221 NE Glen Oak Ave ,

RN Open Heart

Location: Peoria, Illinois Employment Type: Clinical, Nursing Shift: Day, 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday (8 hours per day, 40 hours per week) Contract Length: 20 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Valid Illinois RN license in good standing
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• ACLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Cardiac PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience of 2 years
• Cardiac PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience within the last year
• CVU (Cardiovascular Unit) experience

Job Summary

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the RN contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills to the provision and management of patient care through the nursing process.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical care: Applies evidence-based practice; develops, evaluates, and modifies individualized plans of care with patients, families, and the care team; assesses patient status; documents progress and completes charting and event reports.
• Lab and equipment: Obtains lab specimens, performs bedside lab testing and quality control per provider orders and hospital policies, and troubleshoots equipment.
• Patient and staff safety: Handles patient moving and lift equipment as applicable.
• Teamwork and communication: Coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team, delegates tasks, gives goal-focused shift report, advocates with physicians, and consults physicians and RRT nurses as needed.
• Assignment management: Takes non-complex and some complex patient assignments with some turnover, and prioritizes work as patient conditions change.
• Patient education: Adapts teaching to patients' age, cultural, developmental, and learning needs.