Registered nurse intensive care unit - weekend day shift | Charlottesville, VA

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  • Location: Charlottesville, VA

Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular (TCV) surgical patient population. TCV surgery patients are admitted for procedures including coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), cardiac valve repair and replacement, AAA repair, lung resection, esophagectomy, heart and lung transplant, limb amputations, femoral popliteal bypass, and carotid endarterectomy.

The nurse-patient ratio is 4 or 5:1 in acute care and 3:1 in TIMU. 4 West is 30-bed unit which includes 18 acute-care beds and a 12-bed TCV Intermediate Care Unit (TIMU). The TIMU provides care for TCV patients who do not need the intense ICU environment of our CVICU (formerly TCV Post Op unit, ) yet need more advanced monitoring than an acute-care

bed. TIMU patients include, but are not limited to, fresh lobectomies, patients receiving the thrombolytic TPA, AAA, CABG/Valve and Lung transplants. Some patients are direct admits from PACU, while other come from the CVICU (formerly TCVICU) unit.

TIMU can also accommodate patients on select cardiac drips and art lines. Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients. Manages care and implements treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team. ANA Scope and Standards of Practice definition of nursing: Nursing is the protection,

promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations.

This job description integrates the ANA 2015 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015), and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model. Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience. Expert Caring: encompasses clinical backssment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care. Quality Achievement: includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work. Innovation: is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.

71 Hourly Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required. Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids and infectious disease. The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.

We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, interaction (including pregnancy), interactionual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.

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