Registered Nurse (RN) - Cath Lab
Houston, Texas
You'll provide procedural care to cardiac patients in the cath lab, assessing, teaching and evaluating age-appropriate care.
Posted Oct 5 · 9 months of experience
- Shift and hours
- Days
- Unit and setting
- Cardiac Cath Lab · Hospital provide quality procedural care to cardiac patientsCardiac patients
- License
- RN license RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License CompactRN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse Licensure Compact
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse Licensure Compact RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact Check your license
- Certification
- BLS from the American Heart Association CPR - Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
- Experience
- 9 months nursing experience minimum 9 months experience in nursing (minimum)
- Experience
- Critical care experience Looking for Critical Care experience
- Also asks
- PALS knowledge
- Also asks
- Respiratory fit testing all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Preferred
- Experience
- Pediatric experience Pediatric experience a plus
- Experience
- Cath lab experience Cath lab experience a plus
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Patient and family teaching Assess patient family learning needs capabilities, preferences, and readiness to learn prior to teaching
- Hours stated
- Day
- Details
- Fast-paced, highly technical critical care hospital setting work in a fast-paced and highly technical critical care hospital setting
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Cardiac is a specialty you move into. Start on tele or stepdown; cath lab and CVICU usually come later.
Original listing
Posted on Texas Children's Hospital’s careers page.
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We are searching for a Registered Nurses (RN) - Cardiac Cath Lab — someone to who work in a fast-paced and highly technical critical care hospital setting. In this position you’ll provide quality procedural care to cardiac patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principles and cost-effective care in a technology and resource rich environment. If you are interested in joining our #1 Heart Center designated by U. S. News and World Report - apply today and come and grow with us!
Think you’ve got what it takes? Looking for Critical Care experience Pediatric experience a plus Cath lab experience a plus
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an Associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement. 9 months experience in nursing (minimum) RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills, good time and resource management skills, flexibility, strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of unit-specific equipment, and knowledge of the nursing process, critical thinking skills, PALS, and interdisciplinary collaboration Responsibilities Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate), culture, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects changes in patient status Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information and changes to the patient’s condition; communicates this information to other health care team members and documents in the medical record Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences and documents in the medical record Assists patients/family in implementing their role in the plan of care as appropriate Assess patient family learning needs capabilities, preferences, and readiness to learn prior to teaching Demonstrates positive and effective interpersonal skills when dealing with patients/families, visitors, peers, and other health care team members Administers and documents medications and treatments in a timely manner Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge and utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance Participate in unit performance improvement initiatives “As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.”
What's around it?
Houston, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $1,361/mo
- Household income
- $64,813/yr, all local households, not nurse pay