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Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, self-study, workshops, and professional affiliations. Conducts in-service for Cardiac Rehab/Stress Lab staff annually.
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Represents the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department to the community through community based programs thereby increasing awareness of the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
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Assesses the patient’s condition and care needs by collecting accurate and thorough data on admission , explains the Cardiac or Pulmonary Rehab program in detail and performs six (6) minute endurance walk(s) with the patient.
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Accurately identifies actual and potential nursing diagnoses and/or problems.
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Assesses patient and/or family learning needs, including the ability and readiness to learn. Identifies and arranges appropriate resources to assist in the educational process.
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Participates in department QI and KPIs, data collection and reporting and Policy and Procedure maintenance.
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Plans nursing actions to ensure individualized patient-centered care by integrating the patient, family, and/or multidisciplinary staff assessments in order to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
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Conducts education classes for the patient and significant others as per education calendar according to appropriate teaching modules and documents in the patient’s chart.
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Accurately completes necessary documentation including running daily and multi-session reports according to department policy.
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Assesses the patient’s response to exercise and modifies the exercise prescription accordingly as per MD order and department policy.
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Supervises exercise sessions for the patient, monitoring patient’s cardiovascular responses to exercise through blood pressure, telemetry, and RPE scale.
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Identifies cardiac rhythms accurately and initiates appropriate interventions.
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Develop a plan of care, formulating short and long term goals with the patient, document the progress of the patient toward the expected outcome.
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Consistently anticipates emergency situations and takes action to prevent or minimize a negative outcome by demonstrating the ability to organize and delegate appropriately in emergency situations.
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Collaborate cross site for the AACVPR credentialing process.
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