Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Rehab PRN

Description

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HCA Housotn Healthcare Tomball - Tomball, Texas

Registerd Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Rehab

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomballis a 350-bed offering a wide variety of services, including emergency care, labor and delivery, a level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), general surgery, orthopedics, and robotic surgery. The hospital's 150-acre campus also features The Tomball Regional Orthopedic Center, The Women's Center, Texas Sports Medicine Center, and The Heart and Vascular Center.

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomballis affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare, part of the HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division. The division is a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, emergency centers and diagnostic imaging facilities in greater Houston, Corpus Christi and South Texas. Facilities include: 17 hospitals, nine ambulatory care centers, 13 off-campus emergency centers, and a regional transfer center.

What you will do in this role:

• Current, recent or previous experience providing patient care for the adolescent, adult and/ore geriatric patient in a clinical, academic setting or cardiac rehabilitation setting.
• Responsible for meeting the Standards of Practice for the Cardiac Cath Lab and Rehabiliation managing all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment.
• Participates in activities to plan, measure, assess, and improve the quality of patient care.
• Responsible for the care of the patient pre, intra, & post procedure.
• Ensures all information required for surgical and Cath Lab patients are available and ready on the medical records and documentation is completed.
• Administers medications in a timely manner according to drug protocols per physicians order.
• Ensures final preparation of the patient is complete, including retrieving necessary lab work from Meditech.
• Maintains par levels and order supplies for Cath Labs.
• Pulls sheath(s) and holds pressure post-procedure as necessary.
• Performs decentralized testing, according to protocol, as needed.
• Assembles paperwork packets for CCL as needed.
• Maintains adequate supply of forms for CCL.
• Floats to the Holding Room for relief as needed after proper orientation.
• Competently operates monitoring system and pertinent equipment for all procedures performed in the CCL.
• Completes QC on equipment in CCL & Holding Room.
• Checks outdates of drugs in Holding Room.
• Is knowledgeable about emergency drugs & is able to function in a Code Blue situation.
• Is able to function in a call-out situation by circulating and running thephysiologic monitor.
• Is able to provide critical care to patients managed in the Cath Lab and Holding Area.
• Assists physician with all procedures performed in the Cath Lab.
• Monitors and titrates special drugs (i.e. Cordarone, Adenosine,Neosynephrine, etc.).
• Performs decentralized testing, according to protocol.
• Assumes the responsibility of charging the department as needed

Qualifications

• Graduate of a School of Professional Nursing as evidenced by licensure by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners and is licensed as a Registered Nurse.
• BSN highly preferred; ADN required.

• Current Texas licensure with State Board of Nurse Examiners required.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support Course (ALS or ACLS) and Certification.
• Demonstrated current clinical competence, as outlined in the appropriate orientation checklist.
• Learning modules with score of 80% or better or remediation.
• Maintains current clinical competence including, but not limited to, the annual skills checklist.
• Challenges EKG test, or takes EKG course and Code Blue course at first available class.
• Able to deal with stressful situations and to stand for long periods of time wearing a lead apron.
• NIHSS certification within 6 months of hire, unless currently certified then needs to be maintained.

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