Registered Nurse - Medical ICU, Nights

$106,000 - $161,860/Yr

NYU Langone Health - Mineola, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Mineola, NY

501-1,000 employees

Hospitals

About the position

The Registered Nurse - Medical ICU position at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island involves providing high-quality patient care in a fast-paced medical environment. The role emphasizes the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care. The nurse will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement comprehensive care plans, ensuring safe and compassionate care for patients in the Medical ICU during night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Collects, assesses, and documents patient healthcare data.
• Directs the patient/family and interdisciplinary team to identify a plan of care and outcomes that are realistic and measurable.
• Prioritizes care based upon data collected.
• Documents assessment and reassessment in medical records.
• Directs the coordination of patient care in a safe, timely, and appropriate manner.
• Applies and supports the escalation process.
• Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age groups and cultural groups in all patient care activities.
• Educates the patient/family regarding health status and established plan of care.
• Determines learning needs of the patient/family and implements an educational plan.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to modify expected outcomes.
• Documents learning outcomes of patient/family; evaluates and revises education plan.
• Evaluates the patient's progress towards expected outcomes and involves the patient/family and interdisciplinary team in the evaluation process.
• Recognizes changes in patient condition and responds to variations in patient progress by modifying interventions.
• Reports, documents, and evaluates the effectiveness of the interventions.
• Coordinates and directs unit activities to provide patient care in a healing, humane, and caring environment.
• Analyzes achievement of and contributes to unit throughput efficiencies and metrics.
• Complies with unit-based and organizational professional standards and regulations.
• Organizes staff assignments to ensure appropriate delegation of activities.
• Demonstrates ability to differentiate activities in scope of professional nursing practice from those that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
• Serves as a support resource and preceptor for nursing staff and students.
• Engages in self-assessment and peer review; utilizes resources to meet individual learning needs and promote professional development in clinical practice.
• Participates in standard development and practice evaluation.
• Contributes to and utilizes the unit practice council structure to critically appraise and influence practice.
• Analyzes unit-level quality data and participates in improvement efforts to achieve organizational goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (required for employees hired after 9/1/2020).
• Current Registered Professional Nurse in New York.
• BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
• Fluent written and spoken English language skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $106,000 - $161,860 annually.
• Opportunities for professional development and education.
• Supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.