Cooper University Hospital·Camden, New Jersey
The Registered Nurse provides professional care to patients in the Clinical Decision Unit and Express Admit Unit using the nursing process. Responsibilities include collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and managing patients awaiting inpatient admission or observation.
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Short Description The Registered RN is a professional care-giver 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.
Overview The Clinical Decision Unit is on the first floor of the Kelemen building.
We are a locked unit and require a badge to enter or ring the doorbell to be let in.
The Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) is a35-bed, single-room unit.The patients are typically here for observation or if needed to be admitted as an inpatient they will stay in CDU until a floor bed is available.
Multidisciplinary rounds are done Monday – Friday.
This involves the patient in their care and allows the team members to collaborate with the patient to give them the best possible care and appropriate discharge to home or other facilities.
The Express Admit Unit (EXAU) is under the management of the CDU.
There are 6-bed areas where the admitted patients stay until a floor bed is available.
This gives them privacy and care while waiting for their room to be available.
Both CDU and EXAU can have patients on telemetry for cardiac monitoring.
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) Special Requirements Part time nights, 24 hours a week Hours: 7pm-7:30am, Weekends/holidays with rotation.
Salary Min ($) USD $48.72 Salary Max ($) USD $73.64
Candidates must be a graduate of an NLN accredited School of Nursing and hold a current NJ-RN License. Current American Heart Association BLS Certification is required.
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