Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Brooklyn VAMC ICU Nurse

Brooklyn has a long and storied history. For the folks who never leave Manhattan, the borough may seem like a foreign land (and oh, it is vast). If Brooklyn were its own city like it used to be, it would be the third-most populous one in the country. However, the area is definitely worth discovering, for it is the home of the iconic New York attractions like Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge and Prospect Park, plus some of the best New York pizza! While Manhattan draws the most tourists with its all-around incredible slate of restaurants, bars, museums, and bucket-list things to do, Brooklyn isn't far behind. For locals and repeat visitors, the best Brooklyn attractions are well worth a spot alongside NYC's essential destinations. While there, you'll have to check out the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where those searching for a little peace and quiet would do well to spend a few hours at this verdant oasis. The garden, which abuts two other neighborhood gems The Brooklyn Museum and Prospect Park was founded in 1910 and features the types of flora, laid out over 52 acres. There are entirely too many things to list on what can be done while visit Brooklyn, so be sure to visit their website that lists more of what needs to be seen located here!

ICU Responsibilities

Providing professional nursing care principles, practices and procedures required to assess needs of patients; Knowledge of pharmaceuticals, their desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use; recognizing adverse signs and symptoms which are not always apparent and to react promptly in emergency situations including the implementation of life saving procedures; Providing counseling, guidance, and health instruction to patients; Identifying disease entities in order to recognize complications and therapeutic interventions required. Provide professional nursing duties according to established professional nursing principles, practices, and procedures in an ICU setting, assessing patient's physical, emotional, spiritual and socio-cultural needs; Demonstrate skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served; provides pre-operative and post-operative nursing care to patients; Perform head-to-toe assessments, insert IV lines, care and management of peripheral and central lines, including PICC lines, obtain and deliver specimens to lab, perform tracheostomy care, assess for and administer tube feedings, respond and assist in an emergency situation.

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in nursing and eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement provision -OR- Possess of a bachelor's degree in nursing and at least one full year of professional nursing experience-OR- Possess a diploma or associate degree in professional nursing
• Must possess a current, valid, unrestricted nursing license in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States.
• Must have a minimum of three years' experience.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA) is mandatory for all specialties.

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