RN - ICU

Registered Nurse

Profession: Nursing Specialty: Intensive Care Unit Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 3x12, Third Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required, but Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) and/or Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) experience is a must-have License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS

Description: The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Coordinate, ensure, and provide direct patient care activities on the unit through nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitate admission, transfer, and discharge activities. Provide patient and family-centered education, care coordination, and individualized treatment planning as applicable. Assess patients' needs and perform comprehensive assessments according to scope of practice and hospital policies. Consider the patient's culture, age, and developmental level during assessment. Identify patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtain patient health information from family or others as necessary. Collect objective and subjective data. Develop a problem list and prioritize patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team. Design actions and interventions relevant to the patient's culture and age. Determine desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family according to the medical plan of care. Fully implement patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy within scope of practice. Explain procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families. Initiate actions to alleviate the patient's stress and discomfort. Recognize, respond to, and communicate changes in patient condition appropriately. Conduct and document ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies. Delegate tasks appropriately and oversee team members in patient care activities. Monitor the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care. Identify and address educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems. Facilitate the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner. Provide input into patient/nurse assignments while considering staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity. Actively participate in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities. Promote a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Assure nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. Participate in department and unit quality improvement activities and core measures. Utilize a holistic perspective regarding patient care.