Registered Nurse ICU

Overview

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process through technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members.

Essential Functions

• Assess:
  Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information from other interdisciplinary team members: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Plan:
  Uses assessment information and critical thinking to collaboratively develop an individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop the plan of care, including needed education. Plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (e.g., teaching, referrals, and follow‑up).
• Implement:
  Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with the plan of care, guidelines of care, and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluate:
  Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction. Revises the plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Professionalism:
  Promotes the nursing profession and participates in the development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate and timely documentation, and understands the legal implications of care delivery.

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Documentation
• Professional Etiquette
• Accountability
• Patient Care Coordination
• Communication
• Patient Evaluation
• Critical Thinking

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent verbal communication with patients, providers, and visitors; ability to hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, especially during emergencies.
• Manual dexterity to manipulate complex and delicate equipment; frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care and medication preparation.
• Ability to lift and move patients and equipment; may include heavy items.
• Walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining supplies; push/pull gurneys and portable equipment; navigate crowded environments.
• May be required to stand for extended periods.

Good Samaritan Hospital, Lafayette, Colorado

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Hourly range: $37.17 - $56.17. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

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