PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - PCU

Job Details:

• Provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards on a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) focusing on cardiac patients
• Coordinate and deliver patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting
• 48-hour contract option available
• Assess and anticipate discharge needs of individual patients and families
• Perform bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan
• Organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs
• Collaborate with patient and family to prepare or update the plan of care
• Consult with appropriate resources regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and those at high risk for discharge planning
• Participate in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care
• Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care
• Demonstrate competence in care of patients with complex problems including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care
• Identify and address cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care
• Participate in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities
• Minimum 1 year of recent experience required on a PCU unit taking cardiac patients