Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Nights

Norman Regional Health System•Norman, OK

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Norman Regional Hospital ICU is a 32 bed unit that cares for a wide variety of critical patients with complex medical conditions, including respiratory failure, sepsis, renal failure, induced hypothermia, and prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy. The ICU team collaborates with the dedicated stroke unit to provide advanced stroke care and maintains a fast pace to meet the needs of patients in the most acute phases of cardiac disease, such as post open heart surgery, severe decompensated heart failure, cardiogenic shock, STEMI, aortic dissection, and acute severe valvular dysfunction. Daily care involves managing various life-support systems including ventilation, heart monitoring, and lifesaving medications. The ICU RN is expected to show respect, empathy, and strong communication skills with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals. Comprehensive and inclusive training is provided for new graduate RNs, including a 12-week orientation with a designated preceptor. Essential functions of the RN include systematically assessing and reassessing patient health care needs appropriate for specific age groups and conditions, involving patients, families, and other healthcare providers. The RN analyzes assessments to determine nursing diagnoses and expected outcomes, provides nursing care through interventions guided by evidence-based practice, regulations, and policy, and evaluates patient outcomes using critical thinking to recognize problems and reach sound conclusions. The role also involves evaluating discharge needs related to the plan of care and maintaining professional practice.

Requirements

Diploma or Associate’s degree (ADN) required
Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license
Basic Life Support (BLS) training or retraining is required during orientation prior to providing patient care
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment
New grads are required to complete Norman Regional's Nurse Residency Program

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred
Previous experience in healthcare field preferred

Responsibilities

Assessment/reassessment - Systematically assesses / reassesses the health care needs of individuals; appropriate for specific age groups and patient conditions. Involves patient, family and other healthcare providers as appropriate
Nursing Diagnosis and Outcomes - Analyzes assessment to determine nursing diagnosis and expected outcomes, involving patient, family and other healthcare providers as appropriate
Implementation and Coordination of Care - Provides nursing care through interventions to achieve goals and needs using professional judgement guided by current evidence-based practice, regulations and policy
Evaluation - Evaluates patient outcomes by utilizing the critical thinking process and evidence based knowledge to recognize problems, evaluate facts and reach sound conclusions
Evaluates discharge needs related to plan of care utilizing resources as needed.
Professional Practice