- ACLS Required
- BLS Healthcare Provider Required
- Must maintain current Texas State Registration
EDUCATION: Graduate of accredited school of nursing
EXPERIENCE: None-Except Dialysis which requires1 year in acute/chronic dialysis
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Mustpossesscurrent Texas State License for Registered Nurse. CurrentBLS.
SPECIALITY REQUIRED CERTIFICATION BY AREA:
Med/Surg-Behavorial Health-Dialysis
- Non-Violet Crisis Intervention within 1 year of date of hire for Behavorial Health or transfer date into unit
Emergency Department - Adult & Pediatrics
- Adult ED: ACLS and PALS or ENPC within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit
NOTE: PALS or ENPC is notrequired in Adult ED at North Central Baptist Hospital
- Adult ED: TNCC within 2 years of date of hire or transfer date into unit
- Pediatric ED: PALS or ENPC within 1 year ofdate of hire or transfer date into unit
Adult Critical Care - Telemetry - Intermediate Care, PICU and NICU
- ACLS required for Adult Critical Care, Telemetry, Intermediate Care units within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit.
- PALS required for PICU within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit
- NRP and S.T.A.B.L.E. required for NICU within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit.
Nursery, Post Partum, Couplet Care, Gynecology, Pediatrics, L&D/Antepartum
- ACLS required for L&D within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit
- NRP required for Post Partum, Nursery, Couplet Care and L&D within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit
- Fetal Monitoring required for L&D and Antepartum within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit
- S.T.A.B.L.E. required for Nursery, Post Partum, Couplet Care, L&D/Antepartum within 1 year of date of hire or transfer date into unit.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must have eye/hand/foot coordination, finger/fine dexterity and be able to handle/grip/squeeze. Must be capable of transferring-vertical/horizontal, lifting carrying greater than 35 pounds with assistance and be able to push/pull, stoop/bend, kneel, walk, sit, crouch/squat, stand, hold, flex/position/twist, restrain, and reach.
SUMMARY: Under minimal supervision, provides nursing care for a group of patients assigned to the nurse based on matching the pateints' needs with the nurse' competencies.
