Registered Nurse - Staffing Pool

Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Euless
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

Description Summary: Provides professional nursing care for the comfort and well-being of patients. Prepares equipment and assists physician during examinations and treatments. Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, and monitors patient vital signs. Observes and maintains records on patient care, condition, reaction, and progress. CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline overlooking Corpus Christi Bay is the largest and foremost acute care medical facility in the region, with a full range of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac, cancer and stroke care. It is the leading emergency facility in the area and the only Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend, staffed with physicians and nurses specially trained in emergency services. The Pavilion and the Critical Care Center house a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and surgical suites. A teaching facility, in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine Accredited Chest Pain Center Accredited Joint Commission Stroke Team The Shoreline campus is a premiere facility housing many of the region's most vital and renowned programs such as a Primary Stroke Center, nationally accredited Cancer Center and a nationally recognized Chest Pain Center. The Pavilion at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline houses the CHRISTUS Spohn Heart Network, which was recently recognized as one of the top 100 cardiovascular hospitals in the United States. The Heart Institute offers the most advanced diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitative cardiac services in one convenient location. Requirements: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care. Three-years experience in nursing speciality care area preferred. Med Surg Units: Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications Current Texas State RN License CPR (American Heart Association) NIHSS required within 90 days of hire/transfer date Step Down Units (A5, A6, A7, A8 and A9): Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications Current Texas State RN License CPR (American Heart Association) ACLS required within 6 months of hire/transfer date Unit Specific Requirements NIHSS required within 90 days of hire/transfer date EKG required within 90 days of hire/transfer date ICU Units (A3, A4, CVICU, ICU/MICU 3, Trauma ICU): Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications Current Texas State RN License CPR (American Heart Association) ACLS required within 6 months of hire/transfer date Unit Specific Requirements NIHSS required within 90 days of hire/transfer date (Not required for Trauma ICU) EKG required within 90 days of hire/transfer date (Not required for Trauma ICU) TNCC required within 18 months of hire/transfer date (Trauma ICU only) ENPC or PALS required within 18 months of hire/transfer date (Trauma ICU only)

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