Registered Nurse - Cardiac Surgery/Heart Transplant PCU - RN

Job description

Location: Mary Brigh 6D (MB6D), Heart & Lung Transplant/Cardiovascular Surgery/Mechanical Circulatory Support Device (Progressive Care) Patient Care Type: A progressive care unit providing specialized care for adult heart and lung transplant patients and cardiac surgical patients with procedures such as coronary bypass grafts, valve repair/replacements, left ventricular assist devices, and congenital anomaly repairs. Beds: 14: Nursing Team Roles: Care is relationship-based, focusing on physiologic monitoring, patient education, and discharge planning, while utilizing a collaborative multidisciplinary practice approach. Nursing provides extensive education to newly transplanted heart and lung patients. This includes medications, lab and vital sign monitoring, lifestyle modifications, promoting independence in activities of daily living, and emotional support. All patients are ECG monitored with rhythm identification and interpretation responsibility assumed by nursing staff. Additional monitoring to meet patient needs include SpO2 monitoring, non-invasive blood pressure, and arrhythmia detection. Nurses manage equipment such as temporary pace makers, chest tubes, central lines, naso...