Direct Care Registered Nurse- Traveler

SENTARA MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

• MUST have AT LEAST 2 yrs of RECENT bedside RN experience in general ICU - required
• REQUIRED:
  
  Experience in use of vasopressors (levophed, phenylephrine, vasopressin, dopamine as well as sedation meds like fentanyl, propofol, and precidex. Insulin gtts are also common.
• Experience with TNK, strokes, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, sepsis, CRRT, general surgeries, DKA, SI , ETOH. and, STEMIs.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for performing a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence- based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing.

The RN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas.

• RN Degree - ADN, BSN or MSN

• Valid RN License to practice in Virginia
• Current ACLS, BLS, NIHSS