Registered Nurse I - Acute Telemetry - Full Time
Alexandria, Louisiana
Responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning, and provision of quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients for a defined work period.
- Shift and hours
- 7PM - 7AM
- Unit and setting
- Acute Telemetry · Hospital Involves provision of patient care/service to older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric and pediatric patients.Older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric and pediatric patients
- License
- RN licenseRN License in state of employment or compact
- Term
- Permanent Work Type: Full TimeFull Time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder of an active GN permit
- License
- RN License in state of employment or compact Check your license
- Certification
- BLS BLS required
- Certification
- Current ACLS certification Current ACLS certification required
- Certification
- ACLS within 30 days of hire for experienced associates Within 30 days of hire.
- Certification
- ACLS within 90 days of hire for new graduates and experienced associates new to specialty Within 90 days of hire.
- Experience
- Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder of an active GN permit
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred
- Experience
- One year of experience in a related nursing specialty One year of experience in a related nursing specialty preferred.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses Acts as preceptor to assigned orientees.
- Charge
- May function as unit charge nurse by assignment By assignment, may function as a charge nurse for the unit.
- Day to day
- Develop comprehensive nursing care plan based on assessment Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified through nursing assessment.
- Day to day
- Prepare nursing elements of interdisciplinary care plan before initial team conference Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.
- Day to day
- Review and update nursing care plan in collaboration with team members Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with team members as changes occur.
- Day to day
- Implement patient care as planned in care plans Implements patient care as planned in nursing care plan and interdisciplinary care plan.
- Day to day
- Prioritize based on patient acuity and needs Sets priorities based on knowledge of patient acuity and patient needs.
- Day to day
- Provide safe and therapeutic care and seek resources when appropriate Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
- Day to day
- Perform and document procedures safely according to policy Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with established nursing policy and procedure.
- Day to day
- Evaluate patient response to interventions and attainment of goals with interdisciplinary team Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
- Day to day
- Evaluate progress and revise nursing goals weekly Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as needed on a weekly basis.
- Day to day
- Complete daily nursing progress notes for assigned patients Completes nursing progress note for assigned patients on a daily basis.
- Day to day
- Complete daily nursing flow sheets for assigned patients Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis.
- Day to day
- Evaluate education needs of patient and significant others and document response Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
- Day to day
- Utilize, adapt, and revise teaching resources Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
- Day to day
- Explain procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families as needed.
- Day to day
- Act as role model for students and team members Acts as role model for health care students and other team members.
- Day to day
- Assist in the orientation of new staff Assists in the orientation of new staff by sharing knowledge and experience.
- Day to day
- Report and document patient condition accurately and concisely Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
- Day to day
- Maintain patient confidentiality Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Day to day
- Maintain open, effective communication with team, patients, and significant others Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
- Day to day
- Encourage direct discussion and seek assistance to arbitrate differences Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Residency program All newly licensed RNs may participate in a residency program or other specific orientation.
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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Summary
Responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning, and provision of quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients for a defined work period. Provides direction and supervision to LVN/LPNs, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, and other clinical/clerical associates. By assignment, may function as a charge nurse for the unit. Involves provision of patient care/service to older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric and pediatric patients.
Responsibilities
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Patient Care Planning
- Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified through nursing assessment.
- Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.
- Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with team members as changes occur.
- Patient Care Provision
- Implements patient care as planned in nursing care plan and interdisciplinary care plan.
- Sets priorities based on knowledge of patient acuity and patient needs.
- Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
- Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with established nursing policy and procedure.
- Patient Care Evaluation
- Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
- Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as needed on a weekly basis.
- Completes nursing progress note for assigned patients on a daily basis.
- Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis.
- Teaching
- Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
- Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
- Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families as needed.
- Acts as role model for health care students and other team members.
- Acts as preceptor to assigned orientees.
- Assists in the orientation of new staff by sharing knowledge and experience.
- Patient Care Communication
- Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
- Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
- Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
- Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.
Job
Requirements
Education/Skills
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred
Experience
- Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder of an active GN permit
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- BLS required
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- Graduate Nurse Permit
- Associates with an unsuccessful licensure application or on the 75th day following the effective date of the temporary permit; will be transferred to another position within CHRISTUS Health
Position
Requirements
Education/Skills
- All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
- New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and a MedSurg specific competency validation.
- All newly licensed RNs may participate in a residency program or other specific orientation. Skills completion and competency completion will be achieved with the preceptor at the bedside and documented through the program’s tracking software.
- Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.
Experience
- One year of experience in a related nursing specialty preferred.
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- Current ACLS certification required
In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.
Credential Grace Periods
If additional credentials are required per the Position Requirements section, a grace period to obtain the certification will apply, dependent on your experience level.
- Any Candidate/Associate with at least one year of acute care clinical experience in a similar service line within the past three years is considered an Experienced Associate.
- Any Candidate/Associate who does not have at least one year of full-time acute care clinical experience in the same service line within the past three years is considered an Experienced Associate New to the Specialty.
Credential
Grace Periods for Experienced Associates
Grace Periods for
New Graduates & Experienced Associates New to the Specialty
Basic Life Support (BLS)
No grace period. AHA or Red Cross accepted at time of hire.
No grace period. AHA or Red Cross accepted at time of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Within 30 days of hire.
Within 90 days of hire.
Pediatric Life Support (PALS)
Within 30 days of hire.
Within 90 days of hire.
Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum (TNCC)
Within 60 days of hire.
Within 18 months of hire.
Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR)
Within 60 days of hire.
Within 18 months of hire.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Within 30 days of hire.
Within 60 days of hire.
AWHONN INTERMEDIATE FHM (Fetal Heart Monitoring)
Within 30 days of hire.
Within 60 days of hire.
STABLE (Neonatal Education)
Within 30 days of hire.
Within 60 days of hire.
Work Schedule
7PM - 7AM
Work Type
Full Time
What's around it?
Alexandria, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 14% below the US average
- Median rent
- $931/mo
- Household income
- $47,113/yr, all local households, not nurse pay