PASP (Post-Acute Specialty Program) or 5 North is a 22-bed unit that provides an environment for adult patients requiring care beyond the acute phase. PASP has a team of dedicated physicians, RNs, LPNs, Patient Care Technicians, Rehabilitation and Respiratory Therapists, Dietitians, Wound Care and other health care practitioners that provide individualized, around-the-clock patient care. This care team opens a wide variety of doors to learning and working in conjunction with a multi-disciplinary group. We care for a wide-variety of patients with many conditions including wounds, infectious diseases, organ failure, vascular disease, post-surgical complications, multi-system disease, trach/vents and more. The majority of the staff have been employed on this unit for greater than 10 years and consider each other family. We invite you to explore our unit and get to know us as a team.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The Clinical Nurse I RN Nurse Graduate is a member of the health care team and renders nursing care to all patients within her/his assigned unit/area, assuring the nursing process is followed from admission through discharge. The CN-I collaborates with other members of the health team, delegates appropriately to support staff and directs care to assure the patient's care needs are met.