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This employee assumes responsibility and accountability for assigned patients (adult and geriatric).
- Works with supervision within policy and program guidelines
- Provides professional nursing care, incorporating the nursing process, the
environment, technical equipment, and other health care members - Provides input for program maintenance and development
- Works independently with limited direct supervision using the company policy and professional judgment
JOB FUNCTIONS
- Oversees the direction, coordination, and evaluation within the cardiovascular rehabilitation program
- Administers nursing care to cardiopulmonary patients
- includes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient's plan of care in coordination with the physician
- Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and unit function
- strives to manage situations in a reduced risk manner and promote patient safety
- Solves issues with staff, physicians, patients, families, and ancillary departments
- Assumes job responsibilities of other team members during their absence
- Assesses the cardiovascular inpatient population to provide educational plans
- Identifies individual risk factors associated with cardiac and pulmonary disease, and assists with risk stratification
- Identifies the need for reevaluation of each patient if the patient's condition changes and warrants intervention
- Supervises patients during exercise sessions, monitoring vital signs, including heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation levels to ensure safety during exercise sessions
- Provides patient/family education and counseling for identified risk factors and develops life-style modifications pertaining to cardiopulmonary disease and related health issues
- Maintains accurate and detailed records of the patients progress, treatments, and care plans in compliance with departmental and hospital policies for medical records
- Develops individualized educational plans of care based on patient's goals and expectations
- Evaluates, updates, and revises plan of care to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes
- Initiates emergency procedures according to policy
- Reviews patient history and other medical record to develop a plan of care that will include behavior modification through activity and diet intervention
- Facilitates phase I to phase II transition process for cardiac rehab
- actively assigns patients to phase II who qualify for the program
- Provides follow-up phone calls as necessary
- Actively participates in the patient education and community based programs by organizing classes, communicating with speakers and participants, as well as providing actual classroom instruction
- Demonstrates competency in assessing emergent patient situations that require physician or emergency medical interventions
Qualifications
Education
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing, Required
- BSN, Preferred
Work Experience
- One year in a hospital-based cardiology related patient care unit, Required
- Critical care, Required
- monitoring and interpretation of electrocardiograms, Required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Extensive understanding of cardiac disease, anatomy and physiology, risk stratification, exercise physiology, and diet and nutrition are essential
- Intermediate computer
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows
- use the information systems pertinent to the job
Licenses and Certifications
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification from the American Red Cross or American
Heart Association certification, Required - Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state the services are provided, Required
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