Registered Nurse - ICU/Critical Care

Nellis Air Force Base

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Responsibilities

• Knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, disease process and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate difficulty and experience to acutely ill pediatric, adult and geriatric patients as appropriate. Utilizes the nursing process as a basis for professional practice.
• Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.
• Knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patient conditions including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
• Knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders and conditions as appropriate, as seen in critically ill patients.
• Knowledge of preventative health schedules, procedures, processes, and education methods.
• Must synthesize date from a variety of sources and make appropriate clinical decisions to interpret lethal rhythms independent of a physician.
• Knowledge of computer operations and proficiency in the use of basic word processing, data entry and automated medical records.
• Direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals.
• Coordinates patient care through a continuum and facilitates the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to care, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used.
• Provide health promotions, counseling and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and other personalized interventions.
• Direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals. Including performing charge nurse duties as needed.
• Recognize adverse signed and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Perform nursing services identified.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professional issues.
• Prescribes and communicates treatment plans and patient teaching in accordance with established protocols. Collects and assesses significant patient history information and performs all necessary patient teaching.
• Excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity, including telephone contacts, in accordance with requirements.
• Skill in setting up, operating and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as invasive monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, nebulizers, and other unit specific equipment.
• Performs/assists with procedures such as bladder catheterizations, administration of oxygen, EKGs phlebotomy, and other unit specific procedures, in accordance with established protocols.
• Ensures for proper documentation of procedures and treatments.
• Participates in the orientation and training of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate.

Requirements

• Must have three years ICU/Critical Care experience.
• Critical care experience in the following areas required: hemodynamic monitoring, continuous renal replacement therapy, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, vasoactive medication titration, ventilation management.
• Must have BLS. ACLS and PALS certification
• BSN Degree minimum. ASN may be considered if candidate has many more years of ICU experience.
• Shift hours are 645-1845 and 1845-645. Work schedule will start on Day Shift. Every 3-4 months it will rotate to Nights and back again. Must be willing to work rotating schedule.

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