RN - ICU

Registered Nurse

A professional nurse is accountable for the care of a group of patients. The Registered Nurse (RN) focuses on safe, effective patient and family-centered care, customer satisfaction, and quality outcomes. The RN is responsible for assisting in maintaining a financially stable unit and promoting personal development with an emphasis on evidence-based practice and education. The RN supervises licensed and non-licensed staff members. Applying the caring processes of the Kristin M. Swanson Model of Care, the RN has the responsibility to assess, develop, implement, and evaluate the plan of care. The RN focuses on patient and family comfort, education, and satisfaction. The RN applies educational and professional experiences in the delivery of quality care and mentoring/precepting staff.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs assessments and reassessments per policy and procedure or as warranted by patient condition.
• Demonstrates the ability to make sound independent decisions.
• Initiates, prioritizes, and implements the plan of care and reviews and revises the plan as indicated.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary services.
• Utilizes resources appropriately to support the needs of the organization, patient, and family.
• Monitors and documents response to clinical interventions.
• Facilitates, coordinates, provides, and evaluates education specific to patient and family needs and as appropriate to the care, treatment, and services provided during their stay and at discharge.
• Delegates tasks to licensed and non-licensed personnel.
• Functions as a mentor and preceptor.
• Demonstrates, encourages, and facilitates teamwork.
• Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement.
• Participates in quality, safety, and service process improvement efforts and implements practice changes.
• Complies with regulatory standards.
• Participates in the Practice Governance model.

Required Skills:

• Patient assessment
• Development and implementation of care plans
• Clinical interventions
• Patient and family education
• Practice governance

Additional Skills:

• Evidence-based practice
• Mentoring and precepting
• Delegating tasks
• Quality, safety, and service process improvement
• Regulatory standards
• Teamwork
• Sound independent decision-making