Registered Nurse RN Cardiac Care

Registered Nurse RN Cardiac Care

Cardiac Telemetry nurses assess acute changes in patients. They monitor and analyze the heart rhythm of patients, interpret ECGs, note arrhythmias, and intervene in emergency situations. They have high-level critical thinking skills, vast clinical knowledge, and are able to stay calm under pressure. Our Cardiac Telemetry unit is unique in that our nurses take care of patients recovering from open heart surgeries, heart catheterization with stent placement, ablations, pacemaker/AICD placement, cardiovascular surgeries and we are a comprehensive stroke/STEMI facility.

Two separate 29-bed units, specializing in the care of cardiac patients.

Acute and chronic heart failure

Electrophysiology (pacemaker, ablation)

Structural heart (mitral clip, TAVR, TMVR, watchmen, valve angioplasty)

Post operative day one open heart surgery patients

Post cardiac catheterization

Research Medical Center is one of the few hospitals that care for patients receiving the TAVR procedure outside of the ICU. Close collaboration with cardiology providers including physician-led education regarding care of cardiac patients to ensure we are providing the best evidenced-based care. High-level nursing care for a variety of patients requiring critical care outside of the ICU.

Working in the cardiac progressive care units is a great way to build your critical thinking and skills. Nurses from our departments grow into areas such as ICU, cardiac cath lab, EP lab, or leadership. The leaders of these departments work with you to ensure that they understand your goals and provide you with opportunities to learn more about positions you may be interested. We work collaboratively with other departments in the facility to ease any transition you are interested in making. Typically nurses are able to successfully progress to other positions or departments in 18 to 24 months. No matter what your goal is, your leader will take an active approach to help you achieve it.

We provide care to patients from a 150-mile region surrounding Kansas City. 0% TAVR mortality for 2022, recently completed (6/27/23) our 700th TAVR since the programs initiation. 2022 and 2023 America's Best 250 Hospitals, this puts us in the top 5%! 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award (4th year in a row!). Level 1 Trauma Center, Grossman Burn Center, and Transplant Institute. 2022 Get with the Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus. Comprehensive Stroke Center, 2022 Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus.

Research Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services. Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services. Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence. Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling. Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing. Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing.

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare