ICU RN - Intensive Care Registered Nurse

ICU RN - Intensive Care Registered Nurse

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Description

At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.

Mercy One Dubuque is the leading hospital in the tri‑states, offering the only comprehensive cardiology center and level II regional neonatal intensive care unit in the area as well as the newly constructed Mercy One Dubuque Cancer Center. Other services include a trauma center, a CARF‑accredited inpatient rehabilitation unit, home health care, orthopedics, retail pharmacies, palliative care, and a wide range of outpatient and community services.

Mercy One operates two hospital‑based skilled nursing units and a 40‑bed nursing home.

In recognition of the strength of its nursing service and the overall quality of patient care, Mercy One Dubuque has been designated a Magnet® hospital four consecutive times – the nation's most prestigious award for nursing excellence.

We are looking to hire a Registered Nurse in our Intensive Care Unit! As a Registered Nurse at Mercy One, you will be a collaborative member/leader of the healthcare team and is accountable for practicing both the art and science of nursing, delivering care as prescribed by the ANA Standards of Practice & Professional Performance. In addition, registered nurses are accountable to practice in accordance with standards established/endorsed by Mercy One leadership and by external regulators and accreditation agencies.

The RN actively promotes Mercy One Nursing and the nursing profession and supports advancing practice as defined by the Mercy One Nursing Vision Statement and annual Patient Care Services goals.

Employment Type – Full time

Shift – 12 Hour Night Shift

Schedule

• Full Time 36hrs a week, holiday and weekend rotation, 12hr night shift

Essential Functions

• Conducts an initial assessment to gather data.
• Makes an initial assessment of new admissions within 30 minutes of the patient’s arrival to the unit.
• Completes all areas of the admission assessment database within 24 hours of admission.
• Identifies patient problems and develops them into an outcome/goal‑based plan of care.
• Initiates the patient problem list and incorporates relevant medical history into the plan of care.
• Analyzes and interprets the assessment data to identify desired patient outcomes/goals.
• Determines nursing interventions to achieve those outcomes/goals.
• Prioritizes patient care needs/activities.
• Identifies and makes appropriate referrals (i.e., Patient/Family Services, Nutritional Services, Spiritual Care, Diabetic Educator, etc.), and education needs.
• Collaborates with other health care disciplines to plan interventions/ patient outcomes/goals.
• Implements the outcome/goal‑based plan of care.
• Assigns and coordinates patient care incorporating patient acuity and the skills, knowledge and abilities of the team members.
• Organizes and prioritizes care for the patients within the team.
• Delegates tasks appropriately to other team members.
• Implements the plan of care including procedures, treatments, physicians orders, nursing orders, education plan and medications.
• Coordinates implementation of plan of care with the Case Manager, Social Worker and other health care disciplines.
• Assists to decrease the patient’s length of stay by helping the patient and family identify and secure appropriate services to satisfy health‑related needs upon discharge.
• Uses nursing judgment to determine the appropriate frequency and components of reassessment.
• Reassesses at regular intervals to determine patient response(s) to interventions (minimum RN reassessment every 24 hours).
• Focuses ongoing reassessment on actual and potential problems/needs of the patient including education and discharge needs.
• Participates in develop discharge plan.
• Documents discharge instructions for patient and/or significant other and/or other care provider.
• Evaluates patient progress and revises the…