Registered Nurse – Acute Care Cardiovascular/Stroke Unit
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Inpatient Registered Nurse responsible for delivering high-quality patient care, assessments, and care planning in a clinical setting.
Posted Oct 3
- Unit and setting
- Acute Care Cardiovascular/Stroke Unit
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- Also asks
- Graduate of a Specialty Training Program in Nursing Graduate from a Specialty Training Program in Nursing (required)
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (preferred)
What it pays
Benefits
- Benefitscomprehensive benefitssupported by comprehensive benefits and a collaborative culture
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- completing patient assessments completing patient assessments
- Day to day
- addressing physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs addressing physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs
- Day to day
- developing and coordinating care plans developing and coordinating care plans
- Day to day
- providing treatments, medications, and diagnostics providing treatments, medications, and diagnostics
- Day to day
- evaluating intervention effectiveness evaluating intervention effectiveness
- Day to day
- collaborating with interdisciplinary teams collaborating with interdisciplinary teams
- Day to day
- troubleshooting equipment troubleshooting equipment
- Day to day
- participating in evidence-based practice decisions participating in evidence-based practice decisions
- Day to day
- contributing to quality and safety initiatives contributing to quality and safety initiatives
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, 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.
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Role: Inpatient Registered Nurse responsible for delivering high-quality patient care, assessments, and care planning in a clinical setting.
Responsibilities include: completing patient assessments, addressing physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs, developing and coordinating care plans, providing treatments, medications, and diagnostics, evaluating intervention effectiveness, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, troubleshooting equipment, participating in evidence-based practice decisions, and contributing to quality and safety initiatives.
Qualifications
Graduate from a Specialty Training Program in Nursing (required), Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (preferred). The role emphasizes compassionate patient interactions, promoting safety, and maximizing patient satisfaction.
Skills & Attributes: Strong clinical judgment, teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and commitment to continuous improvement. The position offers opportunities for professional growth, mentorship, and involvement in organizational initiatives.
Additional info: The role involves working in a dynamic environment with a focus on safety, excellence, and community involvement, supported by comprehensive benefits and a collaborative culture.
What's around it?
Wilkes Barre, PAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 2% below the US average
- Median rent
- $946/mo
- Household income
- $48,515/yr, all local households, not nurse pay