RN-Registered Nurse Neuro ICU -Nights

Job Category:

Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/

Schedule:

12 Hr Evening - Morning

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

Neuro ICU is an 18- bed Critical Care Unit with bedside monitors for hemodynamic monitoring. Neuro ICU serves as a dedicated stroke nursing unit. The unit provides comprehensive care to neuro patients requiring intense monitoring and nursing care. The unit cares for patients with:

• Ischemic stroke including those patients undergoing thrombectomy
• Hemorrhagic stroke including intracranial hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage and patients s/p coil embolization
• Cerebral edema and increased intracranial pressure
• Abnormal electrical activity of the brain for patients with intractable seizure
• Patients with other neurological disorders such as Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, and ALS
• Patients with hemodynamic instability and/or airway and respiratory compromise

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.

• Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required

• Minimum Experience: At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

• Other:

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN

• Preferred
  
  Educational Requirements:
  
  

• Preferred Experience:

• Other:

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines

• Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service

• Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice

• Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model

• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

• Transformational Leadership

• Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

• Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.

• Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility

• Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum

• Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization

• Exemplary Professional Practice

• Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

• Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family

• Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice within specialty area

• Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care

• Effectively delegates care as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families

• Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools

• Incorporates Sister Simone Roach’s 7 Cs of Caring:
  Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice

• New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement

• Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

• Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice

• Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.

• Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice

• Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self-development…