Department: 31005009 AHMHI CV Prep Recovery MPLS
Shift: Day/Evening (United States of America)
Hours: 40
Contract: MNA-1-Abbott Northwestern RN
Weekend Rotation: None
Job Profile Summary: This role is working in our CV Prep Recovery area at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Job Description:
Principle Responsibilities
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Assessment.
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Collects, prioritizes and synthesizes comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
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Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, family, other health care providers and environment as appropriate.
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Integrates data relevant to the situation to identify needs, patterns and variances.
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Uses appropriate evidence based assessment techniques and instruments in data collection.
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Diagnosis.
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Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
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Interprets assessment information to identify each patient's needs relative to age, developmental stage and culture.
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Formulates, revises and resolves nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status.
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Validates and communicates nursing diagnoses with the patient, family and other health care team members.
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Documents nursing diagnoses in compliance with the patient care guidelines.
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Outcomes Identification.
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Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
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Establishes, in the collaboration with the family, patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
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Planning.
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Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
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Develops an individualized plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate in conjunction with the patient, family and others.
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Establishes a plan that provides for continuity of care.
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Incorporates evidence based nursing practice takes into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
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Implementation.
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Implements the identified plan.
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Implements interventions in a safe, timely, appropriate manner.
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Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnoses as appropriate.
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Coordinates implementation of the plan of care if appropriate
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Documents interventions according to documentation guidelines.
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Evaluation.
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Evaluates the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcome.
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Evaluates the patient’s/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
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Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care.
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Involves the patient, family, and health care team members in the evaluation process when appropriate.
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Documents revisions in diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care according to documentation guidelines.
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Quality of Practice.
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Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
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Participates in quality improvement activities related to nursing practice.
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Incorporates available QI data to improve nursing practice and outcome.
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Education.
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Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
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Participates in educational activities related to nursing practice.
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Acquires and applies the knowledge gained from educational experiences to current nursing practice.
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Professional Practice Evaluation.
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Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory guidelines.
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Engages in self-evaluation of practice on a regular basis, identifying strengths and goals for professional development.
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Obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
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Collegiality.
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Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others.
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Shares knowledge and skills in practice settings.
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Provides immediate and ongoing positive and constructive feedback to colleagues regarding their performance.
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Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
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Collaboration.
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Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
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Partners with others to effect change and generate positive outcomes through knowledge of the patient or situation.
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Ethics.
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Acts in an ethical manner.
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Maintains a therapeutic and professional patient-nurse relationship with appropriate professional role boundaries.
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Serves as a patient advocate assisting patients in developing skills for self-advocacy
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Uses available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
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Research.
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Integrates research findings in practice.
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Utilizes the best evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
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Resource Utilization.
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Incorporates factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in planning and delivering patient care.
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Utilizes resources related to standards of care in a safe, effective and ethical manner.
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Manages resources to assure they will be accessible to other in the future.
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Leadership.
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Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
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Functions as a professional role model.
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Promotes a positive work environment.
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Participates in shared decision-making.
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Environmental Health.
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Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
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Attains knowledge of environmental health concepts, such as implementation of environmental health strategies.
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Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for workers and healthcare consumers.
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Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues and communities.
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Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
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Demonstrates ability to coordinate and direct unit operation so the patient and family needs are met and resources are efficiently utilized in a safe manner.
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Promotes an environment that encourages individual growth, nurtures professional practice and fosters teamwork.
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Collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
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Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
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Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs and plans appropriate learning experiences.
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Demonstrates ability to implement an individualized orientation plan for the orientee.
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Demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
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Facilitates development of organizational and prioritization skills of orientee.
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Demonstrates ability to evaluate interpersonal sills of orientee.
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Serves as a professional role model.
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Facilitated socialization of orientee into the organization and work group.
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Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
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Associate's or Vocational degree required
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Bachelor's degree preferred
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All new grads must apply to the New Grad RN Requisition: R-0000016. New Graduate RN applicants must be a graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.
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Licensed Registered Nurse - MN Board of Nursing required if working in the state of MN upon hire
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BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required by completion of orientation
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ACLS Tier 2 required for identified units per hiring manager
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RN-BC Cardiac Vascular Nursing preferred
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CCRN Critical Care RN preferred
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CHRN Certified Heart Failure Nurse preferred
Physical Demands
Medium Work*:
Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently
Additional Job Description:
No weekends
MNA Tiers
Tier 1: Six months current ANW CV Prep Recovery or CV PACU experience
Tier 2: One year current ANW critical care, ICU, ED, PACU or Tele experience
Tier 3: One year current critical care, ICU, ED, PACU or Tele experience