**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Unit
**Job Specialty:** Progressive Care Unit
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 7 AM - 7 PM
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
**Experience:** 2 years of experience required; PCU/CCU experience preferred
**License:** Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse; if residing in a National License Compact state, meet the licensure requirements in your home state
**Certifications:** BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
**Must-Have:** Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider status according to the American Heart Association
**Job Description:**
- Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or situation.
- Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
- Identifies expected outcomes for an individualized plan for the healthcare consumer or situation.
- Develops a plan prescribing strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
- Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote a safe environment.
- Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers, observing all legal or policy guidelines.
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
- Practices in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
- Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
- Collaborates with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders in nursing practice.
- Demonstrates leadership within the professional practice setting.
- Seeks knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and futuristic thinking.
- Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
- Contributes to quality nursing practice.
- Evaluates personal and others' nursing practices against professional standards and guidelines.
- Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide evidence-based nursing services.
- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
- Practices ethically.
- Promotes shared governance and decision-making, nurturing research to improve clinical outcomes.
**Physical Requirements:**
- Work involves walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
- Must handle weights up to 35 pounds for patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
- Intact senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch are required.
- Must possess critical thinking and concentration abilities and respond promptly to changes in conditions.
**Schedule Notes:**
- Scrub Color: Navy blue
- Request for time off is not approved for Halloween (10/31/2024) and only one holiday off for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day (02/14/2025).