Cardiovascular Rehab Nurse

Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Nurse

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 including 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 striving 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 and 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

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