REGISTERED NURSE - MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERMEDIATE CARE

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Unit Description: North/South 10, Kelemen: 49-bed medical floor. CDU, peritoneal dialysis, insulin drips, medical telemetry, ventilator weaning program and 12-bed INCU.

The Registered RN is a professional care-giver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Follows established policies and procedures.
• Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors.
• Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management and physicians.
• Applies Cooper core values.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe.
• Evaluates patients, implements and documents nursing care.
• Assists physicians during examinations and procedures.
• Performs various patient tests and administers medications utilizing the nursing process.
• Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.

Education: Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing - Bachelor Degree preferred.

License/Certifications/Registration: Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse); Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers); certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e. ACLS, NALS, PALS)

Scheduled Days / Hours: Nights 7p-7a with rotation, includes every 3rd weekend.