RN, Registered Nurse - Outpatient Cardio Cath

RN, Registered Nurse - Outpatient Cardio Cath at Christus Health summary:
Registered Nurse specialized in outpatient cardiovascular catheterization providing both routine and complex nursing care with independent judgment in clinical settings. Responsibilities include patient assessment, medication administration, care planning, documentation, education, and facilitating patient flow while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Engages in quality improvement, staff training, equipment management, and effective communication within multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
Description

Summary:

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.
Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS

Competencies:

Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.

• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.

• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.

• Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.

• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.

• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Standard I:
Utilizes the Nursing Process

• Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of patient and families

• Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members

• Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice

• Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals

• Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to the care and treatment(s)

• Performs timely reassessment and documentation

• Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for the designated unit's patient population
Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process

• Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow

• Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process

• Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to ensure accuracy
Standard III. Unit Operations

• Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift

• Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies

• Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing efforts.

• Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry
Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations

• Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes

• Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities

• Provides evidence-based nursing care

• Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care

• Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry

• Knowledge of federal, state and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Clinical Policies and Standards

• Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical…