Cardiac ICU (CVICU) RN #1527

We are immediately hiring

• $85 per hour
• Palo Alto, CA
• Full time – 12 hour shifts
• Days and nights available

• Active California RN License
• ACLS and BLS from the American Heart Association.
• NIHSS

• Cardiac Critical Care experience
• EPIC experience

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.?
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.

• Determines nursing diagnosis.? Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.?
• Knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders and conditions as appropriate and seen in critically ill patients (e.g., Ventilator Associated pneumonia and the VAP bundle, Sepsis, and ARDS).
• Knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to perform nursing assignments of critically ill patients. Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development, and pathophysiology of disease processes specific to the critical care unit population to include all ages from adult to geriatrics.
• Assess patients' conditions for potential or life-threatening crises. Distinguish between normal and abnormal physical findings (from physical assessment and vital sign assessment). Plan appropriate nursing care. Notify physician if needed and carry out appropriate interventions as ordered.

Refer and receive a $250 bonus for every referral!

In order to receive the bonus, the person referred must work at least 20 shifts.