Registered Nurse, ICU, Nights, Clarksville - Increased NIGHT Differential

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Organization: VCH Intensive Care Unit

Job Summary:

Responsible for planning, organizing, and administering patient care within the scope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This is done in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Tennessee.

NEW INCREASED NIGHT DIFFERENTIAL TO $10/HOUR FOR NIGHT SHIFT RNs!

Hours of Position:
Full-time (36 hours/week), nights (6:45p‑6:45a) Vanderbilt Clarksville Intensive Care Unit (ICU), is a 21‑bed mixed medical/surgical adult ICU specialized in providing close monitoring and treatment for patients with a wide‑range of diagnosis. We care for patients being treated for Cardiovascular conditions, Acute Respiratory Failure, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Multisystem Organ System Failure, Sepsis, Drug Overdoses, Gastrointestinal Bleeds, Diabetic Keto acidosis, Hypertensive Crisis, Acute/Chronic Renal Failure, STEMI, cardiogenic shock and post heart catheterization.

Our staff is committed to provide exceptional care to our patients. Our environment is challenging, team oriented, patient and family centered. We work collaboratively to provide opportunities for nurses to grow in critical thinking, professionalism, and participate in ongoing education. Our team consists of Intensivists, advanced practice nurses, critical care nurses, and respiratory therapists.

Daily multidisciplinary rounds include the intensivist, advanced practice nurse, ICU nurse, case manager, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, infectious disease, and a nurse leader.

SWAT team consists of intensivist, advance practice nurse and charge nurse available as bedside consult. ICU charge nurse responds to codes, and RRT’s. Each shift begins with a safety huddle to look back and forward 24 hours to review safety and quality concerns.

Certifications:

BLS, ACLS, NIH, ECG interpretation. Orientation: 12 weeks of orientation is offered based on nursing experience for nurses with at least one year of experience. Ratios 2:1. Medical Equipment – cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators, high flow, bipap, feeding tubes, intravenous (IV) lines, arterial lines, swan ganz catheters, foley catheters, chest tubes, alaris, pca, epidural, arctic sun, blanketrol, ultrasound, glide scope, bladder scanner, tele neurobot, ventilator, ETc
02, wound vac.

Clinical

Skills:

Hemodynamic monitoring, invasive and noninvasive, Tracheostomy care, ventilator management protocols, cardiac arrhythmias, drip titration, cardiac drips, oxygenation management, lines tubes, drains, Sheath pulls.

Professionalism: critical thinking, collaboration, multidisciplinary rounding, bedside shift report, shared governance, certifications.

New Services:
Neurosurgery Drips – Vasopressors, inotropes, paralytics, thrombolytic, all sedation, insulin, Blood products, TPN. Bedside procedures – Central lines, bronch, chest tube, arterial lines, paracentesis, thoracentesis, sheath pulls, cardioversions. Specialized competencies – Intra‑Aortic Balloon pump, Impella device, EVD, Swan Ganz, Arterial Line.

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
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