PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - PCU

Job Details:

• Work 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
• Schedule consists of 3x12-hour shifts per week
• Weekends and holidays required as needed
• Implement professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person, creating a caring environment focused on healing and wellness
• Perform and document comprehensive patient assessments in accordance with RN scope of practice
• Consider patient culture, age, and developmental level when designing care actions and interventions
• Identify patient risk factors, collect objective and subjective data, and develop prioritized problem lists
• Coordinate, ensure, and provide direct patient care activities including nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments
• Facilitate admission, transfer, and discharge activities including timely execution of discharge orders and coordination with Case Management
• Provide patient and family-centered education and individualized treatment planning
• Recognize, respond to, and communicate changes in patient condition appropriately
• Delegate tasks appropriately and oversee team members in the performance of patient care activities
• Monitor accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members
• Organize workload effectively relative to patient acuity and patient care processes
• Actively participate in unit-based quality improvement activities including patient satisfaction, patient falls, pressure ulcer prevention, and CAUTI monitoring
• Promote a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions
• Apply evidence-based practice, current research, and clinical decision-making incorporating all four phases of the nursing process