RN ICU

Primary City/State: Shea Medical Center - 9003 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Category: Skilled Nursing Shift: Night Department: Critical Care Unit; 1+ years ICU experience required. Sign-on bonus available. Job Summary The RN’s practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN has knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served. The RN records patients’ medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and helps with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. The RN establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan. The plan may include activities, such as administering medication, including careful checking of dosages and avoiding interactions; starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous (IV) lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products; administering therapies and treatments; observing the patient and recording those observations; and consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN teaches patients and their families how to manage their illnesses or injuries, explains post-treatment and home care needs; diet, nutrition and exercise programs; and self-administration of medication and therapy. The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate. The RN supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills, precepts new hire staff and students, assists them in completing required tasks, and continues to enhance their knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required. The RN may continue to improve the patient’s experience, clinical outcomes and works to promote a healthy work environment. Nursing practices theory-based nursing that is evidence-based utilizing a Shared Governance model for decision-making. All RN staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients must have knowledge of: Stroke symptoms and warning signs; protocols and pathways used to identify, evaluate and manage stroke patients; NIHSS; stroke alert activation and protocol; stroke quality indicators; available stroke patient education materials and community resources; educational requirements; stroke center website resources. Essential Functions Possess the knowledge of how to collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family. Analyze the assessment data in determining diagnoses, and utilize the nursing diagnosis to develop, implement, evaluate and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant. Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems. Develop plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence-based, providing for continuity of care, and are family centered. Implement interventions in the plan of care. Initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies and procedures. Provide nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social‑cultural needs of the patient and family utilizing a family-centered approach to care delivery. Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes. Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form. Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure that they maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote the delivery of cost-effective high-quality healthcare. Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice. Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice. Enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations. Collaborate with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional and state levels. Interact with and contribute to the professional development of peers and other health care providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs thereby creating an environment for quality practice. Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care delivery. Collaborate with the patient, family and other health care providers in providing patient care. Develop and evaluate standards of care for patients that are evidence-based. Identify changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitating the initiation of, adoption of, and adaptation to change. Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice, and patient outcomes. Design, create, and apply research by supporting the integration of research into practice fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data. Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently. Education Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) – Preferred. All Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire or have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire – Required. Associate’s degree or Diploma in Nursing. All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients, please refer to the addendum for stroke specific education requirements – Prior to start – Required. Experience >10 months med‑surg or acute specialty setting – Required. 1 year RN experience for all Float Positions – Required. Licenses and Certifications Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in BLS training course C, and unit specific certification as required by specialty area DOP – Required. Registered Nurse (RN) State And/or Compact State Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Arizona Upon Hire – Required. National certification for unit specific patient population – Preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr