Registered Nurse - Med Surg-Telemetry, Kelemen 8
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Overview:
Kelemen 8 is a medical-surgical unit that cares for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, illnesses and disease processes. North and South 8 have telemetry capabilities for our patients. Kelemen 8 has frequent admissions and discharges and can accept a total of 77 patients.The North side houses 37 patients and 2 hallway areas, and the South side houses 36 patients and another 2 hallway areas. There are two negative pressure rooms with an anti-room.
There is a pharmacist present on the unit to assist the RNs with medication questions/concerns. Multidisciplinary rounds occur every Monday through Friday. Rounds involve all aspects of the healthcare team, including the patient and family.
Short Description:
The Registered RN is a professional caregiver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self.
- Follows established policies and procedures.
- Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors.
- Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management.
- and physicians.
- Applies Cooper core values.
- Other duties as required.
Education Requirements:
- Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing
License/Certification Requirements:
- Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse);
- Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers);
- Certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e., ACLS, NALS, PALS)