RN - 19387033
About The Position
The ICU Registered Nurse provides comprehensive, high-acuity nursing care to critically ill adult and geriatric patients in a General Intensive Care Unit. The role involves advanced patient assessment, management of complex medical and surgical conditions, administration of critical care medications, and collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support patient outcomes. The unit has 11–20 ICU beds, with nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:2 or 1:3 depending on acuity. The ICU cares for patients with conditions such as sepsis, acute kidney injury, diabetic ketoacidosis, respiratory distress, ventilator dependence, tracheostomies, and hemodynamic instability requiring vasoactive drips. The nurse may provide float support to Medical-Surgical units as needed. There is no call requirement, and the specified scrub color is navy blue.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing mechanical ventilation and CPAP/BiPAP.
- Experience with tracheostomy care, procedure sedation, and chest tube setup and management.
- Experience with telemetry monitoring and interpretation, 12-lead ECG acquisition, blood and blood product administration, cardioversion/defibrillation, cooling and warming therapies, central venous pressure monitoring, and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
- Experience with PICC lines, central lines, triple lumen catheters, feeding tubes, PCA pumps, and wound vac systems.
- Critical care experience with Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, or Neuro ICU patients.
- Experience with titrated medications and medications or drips including amiodarone, antiarrhythmics, antiseizure medications, atropine, beta blockers, Cardizem, dobutamine, dopamine, epinephrine, heparin, insulin, Levophed, magnesium sulfate, milrinone, Neosynephrine, nicardipine, nitroglycerin, and nitroprusside.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive assessments and ongoing monitoring of critically ill patients.
- Manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation, CPAP/BiPAP, and tracheostomy care.
- Administer and titrate vasoactive and critical care medications according to protocol.
- Monitor and interpret telemetry rhythms and 12-lead ECGs.
- Care for patients with central venous access devices, feeding tubes, wound vacs, and advanced medical equipment.
- Assist with emergency procedures, cardioversions, and critical interventions.
- Coordinate interdisciplinary care plans with physicians, respiratory therapists, dialysis teams, and other healthcare professionals.
- Provide patient and family education about treatment plans and recovery expectations.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical records system.
- Provide float support to Medical-Surgical units as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
