Job Description

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital is currently is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse for the RN Traveler Temp position for their Cardiac Med/Surg Nursing floor. Must have two or more years of current acute care hospital experience and current BLS and ACLS. Day Shift

$72 per hour and a qualifying Sign on Bonus for a 14 week contract

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Department/Position Overview:

2 West is a 34-bed medicine unit with a primary cardiac focus. Our team works with hospitalists and cardiologists to care for the congestive heart failure, angina, STEMI/NSTEMI and arrhythmia patients. We recover patients who have just undergone cardiac catheterizations, pacemaker insertions, ablations, and cardioversions.

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Facility Highlights:

Keywords: RN, Registered Nurse, Traveler, Temp, Monster, Talroo-Nursing, Cardiac, Telemetry

The Registered Nursing (RN) is responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence- based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The RN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas. BSN or MSN preferred. New Hire Education Requirement: All new RNs who do not have their BSN will be required to sign a BSN Agreement committing to enrollment in an accredited RN to BSN program within 24 months of hire and successfully obtaining their BSN within 5 years of hire. Meets and maintains any requirements defined by specific specialty; Critical Care/IMCU ACLS within 1 year of hire; Emergency Care - ACLS & PALS or ENPC within 1 year of hire; Oncology Care ONS/ONCC or Sentara approved course Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider Card within 6 months of hire. Women\'s Care - Perinatal departments; NRP within 6 months of hire. Inpatient Pediatrics. PALS within 6 months of hire. All Direct Care RN\'s required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Other/National
• Registered Nurse License (RN) - North Carolina
• Registered Nurse License (RN) - Compact/Multi-State License
• Registered Nurse License (RN) - Virginia
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - Other/National
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - Other/National

• RN-Master\'s Level Degree
• RN-Doctorate Level Degree
• RN-Associate\'s Degree
• RN-Bachelor\'s Level Degree
• RN-Diploma (Non-degree)

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