Medical Progressive Care Unit RN
Northside Hospital
Medical Progressive Care Unit RN
Northside Hospital
Georgia nonprofit health system
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
The Medical Progressive Care Unit (PCU) at Northside Hospital Gwinnett is a 24-bed intermediate care unit dedicated to providing high-intensity nursing care for patients who require close monitoring but do not meet ICU criteria. This fast-paced environment is ideal for nurses with strong assessment skills, critical thinking abilities, and a passion for delivering exceptional patient care.The diverse patient population allows nurses to gain experience with a wide range of diagnoses, including sepsis, respiratory failure, GI bleeding, stroke, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), behavioral health conditions, and alcohol withdrawal.The Registered Professional Nurse at Northside Hospital independently plans and provides professional nursing care to patients in accordance with physician orders and established guidelines, and in accordance with the scope of practice as defined by the Georgia Nurse Practice Act.
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Georgia nonprofit health system
Northside Hospital is a nonprofit health system providing hospital and outpatient care to communities across Atlanta and north Georgia. Its specialty services span maternity and newborn care, cancer treatment, cardiovascular medicine, surgery and emergency care, supported by a network of physicians and diagnostic services. Northside says its maternity service delivers more babies annually than any other community hospital in the United States; patients receive inpatient and ambulatory care through its hospitals and outpatient facilities. The system combines clinical services with research and community education, and traces its operating roots to the 1970 opening of its Atlanta flagship; its headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia.
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