Nursing Assistant - Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) - 50%25 - Day/Evening

University of Iowa•Iowa City, IA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Nursing Assistant to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of Registered Nurses. This role is within the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), a 26-bed unit that provides comprehensive high-tech intensive care to acutely ill adults with a wide variety of complex critically ill patients. Patient diagnoses include multi-system failure, respiratory failure, severe sepsis, overdoses, GIB, medical neuro, various cancers, and bone marrow transplants. The MICU utilizes state-of-the-art technology including il-2 therapy, VV ECMO, CRRT, ventilators, and vasoactive drugs, and performs many bedside procedures. The unit provides total patient care involving a multidisciplinary approach for systematic assessment and improvement of care to critically ill patients. In 2012, the MICU received a National award for outstanding achievement and leadership for the elimination of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.

Requirements

Ability to read, write and follow instructions.

Responsibilities

Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients
Turn, position and ambulate patients
Assist patients with bedpans, urinals and perineal cleansing
Take temperature, pulse and blood pressure
Enter daily patient record charting in computer
Perform simple diagnostic/therapeutic procedures (i.e., dressing changes)
Clean equipment, patient bedside area and nursing unit
Set up rooms for patient admission
Transport patients by bed, cart or wheelchair
Transport equipment, specimens and supplies
Stock and supply patient rooms and Nursing unit
Perform basic CPR as required
Maintain patient confidentiality