Registered NURSE - Intensive CARE UNIT - FULL TIME - Days ​/ Evenings; or BAYLOR

Registered Nurse – Intensive Care Unit

Coordinate total nursing care for patients using American Nurses Association standards for practice and the nursing process; participate in patient and family teaching; provide leadership working cooperatively with other health care providers.

Initiates accurate and ongoing assessment of physical, psychological problems of patients within the ICU.

Cares for each patient and determines priority of care based on physical, psychological and social needs as well as factors influencing flow throughout ICU during times of high census.

Analyzes assessment data to formulate nursing diagnoses and identify collaborative problems for each patient.

Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the ICU patient based on assessment and nursing diagnoses and/or collaborative problems.

Formulates a plan of care for the ICU patient based on assessment, nursing diagnoses and/or collaborative problems, and outcome identification.

Implements a plan of care based on assessment, nursing diagnoses and/or collaborative problems, and outcome identification.

Evaluates and modifies the plan of care based on observable patient responses and attainment of expected outcomes

Assists physicians with patient rounds, procedures, exams.

Administers medications, including IV's, according to hospital policy and procedure

Adhere to established standards of practice including activities and behavior that characterize professional status

The Critical Care Nurse will be required to respond to a CODE BLUE within the Medical Center, following ACLS protocol.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Uses standard principle of normal growth and development for the individual patients with concern for all aspects of development.

Performs age specific physical assessment for the adolescent, adult (including the gestational diabetic), and geriatric patients. Uses appropriate teaching strategies for the age and development level of the patient.

Communicates in a style that is appropriate for the adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient.

Strength:
Medium Work
- Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, Pulling 20 - 50 Lbs. occasionally, 10 - 25 Lbs. frequently or up to 10 Lbs. constantly.

Stooping:
Occasionally
- Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Reaching:
Frequently
- Extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.

Handling:
Frequently
- Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands. Fingers are involved only to the extent that they are an extension of the hand, such as to turn a switch or shift automobile gears.

Fingering:
Frequently
- Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Feeling:
Frequently
- Noting attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking:
Frequently
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to clients or to the public and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing:
Frequently
- Perceiving the nature of sounds by ear.

Near Acuity:
Frequently
- Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.

Accommodation:
Occasionally
- Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This factor is required when doing near point work at varying distances from the eye.

Color Vision:
Frequently
- Ability to identify and distinguish colors.

Professional knowledge of nursing theory and practice at a level normally acquired through completion of an accredited School of Nursing.

Current State Nursing License.

Must obtain and maintain ACLS certification within 6 months of assignment to Intensive Care Unit.

Current BLS Healthcare Provider Card. PALS certification required within one year of starting position.

Must obtain NIH stroke certification prior to the completion of orientation in the position. Thereafter, must maintain NIH stroke certification, annually. Refer to Administrative Policy A-148 for specific stroke education requirements.

Communication skills necessary to effectively:
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