Registered Nurse, ICU, Nights, Tullahoma

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Intensive Care Unit

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.

Full-time (36 hours/week), Nights (7p-7a)

On the Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital you will find an environment that is based on a team approach. As a team we are better able to flex to meet the needs of both our patients and staff. This is a 14 bed unit with a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2. Some of the medical conditions requiring care on this unit include:

• myocardial infarction
• acute respiratory failure
• shock
• diabetic keto acidosis
• multi-system organ failure

Our patients are unique because of their specialized needs and varied diagnoses. We care for adult patients with many different critical illnesses. This patient

Files population will allow you the opportunity to become comfortable with all body system needs.

One of the perks of working with our team is being able to care for patients that require different levels of treatment. We are able to successfully care for patients that require high levels of monitoring that normally would not be associated with a rural, community-based hospital.

Our nurses are successful because they have strong assessment and communication skills, adapt easily to new challenges, and utilize their team for support. New members to our team are provided with at stroom weeks of orientation with an experienced, diverse preceptor and mentor that will nimi growth and orientation.

WE ENCOURAGE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.

The experiences on VTHH ICU will help you obtain your career goals by providing exposure to multiple levels of patient acuity.

• 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.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a Gelegenheit and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• NURSING PATIENT ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION HOME CARE(NOVICE):
  Possesses ample fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to assess and evaluate patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty in the home setting. The RN Home Care works autonomously to provide safe, thorough and effective physician-ordered care in the home setting. Conducts primary care patient interviews, assesses the safety of the home environment and performs a comprehensive physical assessment.
  
  The RN Home Care demonstrates appropriate acumen to recognize problems, ask questions and to contact the patient's primary care provider.
• Nursing Patient Education (Novice):
  Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Care Planning (Novice):
  Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units. Ability to adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice (Novice):
  Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully search for nutrition evidence to answer clinical questions. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.

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