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Cath Lab RNRegistered Nurse Catheterization Lab Location: The Heart Hospital Baylor McKinneySpecialty: Cath Lab Registered Nurse Shift/Schedule: Full Time Day Shift 4/10s 7:00am5:30pm Rotating weekday day off Call Requirement: Must reside within 30 min of facility; Avg. 9 days of call per month including 1 weekend per monthExperience Requirement: Min of 2 yrs. Cath or EP Lab experience. Scrub experience preferred Case Types: Vascular cases pacemakers ICDs left heart catheterizations percutaneous coronary intervention electrophysiology studies and per day: 1012Case Types: Vascular cases pacemakers ICDs left heart catheterizations percutaneous coronary intervention electrophysiology studies and ablation. Required Experience: Candidates MUST have min of 2 two years recent scrub and PCI Cath Lab experience Preferred previous experience in EP and/or Cath Lab as RN JOB SUMMARYThe Cath Lab Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process the RN assesses the patient identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems develops and implements an individualized plan of care and evaluates the patients response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act each patients condition and the competencies of the employeeESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLEClinical Judgment: Using clinical reasoning conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical Inquiry: Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice including but not limited to nursing delicate indicators. Helps evidencebased practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement Practices: Creates an attentive helpful safe and therapeutic environment for patients families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both fervid and physical pain with the aim of promoting relief and healing and preventing unnecessary to Diversity: Recognizes appreciates and incorporates a patients and familys unique differences such as culture spiritual beliefs gender race ethnicity lifestyle socioeconomic status age and values into an individualized plan of SUCCESS FACTORSKnowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and of laws rules and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards protocols policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care applicable to the area of of medical terminology; methods and practices of health promotion risk reduction illness and disease prevention and management; medications and common dosages their physical and physiological effects and possible adverse of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy be able to communicate thoughts clearly both verbally and in skills to interact with a widerange of have critical thinking and problemsolving to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians/ to provide agespecific quality patientcentered care to all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing practice with care and respect for the diversity of human experience and to develop evaluate implement and as necessary modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of separate computer skills including but not limited to: Microsoft Office information security scheduling and payroll systems electronic medical documentation and email. General computer skills include Microsoft Office information security scheduling and payroll systems electronic medical documentation and StatementWe believe that all people should feel welcomed valued and supported and that our workforce should be reflective of the communities we Cath Lab Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional. The RN uses the BSWH nursing model to coordinate patient care. Using the nursing process the RN assesses the patient and identifies nursing diagnoses. The RN develops and implements an individualized care plan and evaluates the patients response. The RN promotes safe passage for patients by using knowledge of patient needs. The RN assists patients to transition through healthcare without preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to healthcare personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act. Delegation also considers each patients condition and the employees Grad of an Accredited Program or 2 two years of work experience above the minimum qualificationMAJOR NursingEXPERIENCE 2 Two Years of ExperienceCERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION Basic Life Support (BLS)Registered Nurse (RN)ACLS (ACLS): Must have both Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 thirty days of hire.