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Cleveland Clinic RN Resident I - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit in Akron, Ohio
ONA BIDDING PERIOD: 9/23/24 - 9/27/24
Whether you are just graduating from nursing school or bringing years of experience in a different specialty to a new position at Cleveland Clinic, you will benefit from our residency program. Throughout your residency, you will work with our Success Coach team of dedicated nursing professional development specialists to build off those experiences. They will be always available to you - in person, virtually and through email - to answer questions and help you grow as a caregiver.
Akron General's Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) cares for adult patients suffering from acute myocardial infarctions, cardiogenic shock, respiratory arrest, life threatening dysrhythmias, bradyarrhymias requiring emergent insertion temporary pacemakers, congestive heart failure, cardiopulmonary arrest, post-cardiac procedure, cardiogenic shock, and severe coronary artery disease. Additionally, Akron General's CVICU also takes post-operative coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement, and thoracic and vascular surgeries.
A caregiver in this position works Nights, 7:00pm-7:30am..
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability).
Respond to data indicating risk to patients' health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk.
Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
Document in patients' medical records.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).
If in a Critical Care area, an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment.
If assigned to ICU or PICU, complete TNCC certification within one year of appointment.
If assigned to CCU or CVSU, complete IABP certification within one year of employment.
If assigned to ICU or CVSU, complete CVVHD training within one year of appointment.
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Physical Requirements:
Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required
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