Cooper University Hospital·Camden, New Jersey
The Registered Nurse provides professional care to a group of patients within a medical-surgical and telemetry unit. They are responsible for supervising patient care using the nursing process and collaborating with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
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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 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.
Kelemen 8 can accept a total of 77 patients.
The North side houses 37 patients, and the South side houses 36 patients.
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.
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) 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 AHA BLS certification is required, with advanced certifications like ACLS, NALS, or PALS potentially required for certain specialties.
Market context
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