Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

ECU Health Medical Center•Greenville, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for providing nursing care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, and other established standards. Nursing care will be delivered in accordance with ECU Health and entity-specific nursing policies, procedures, and professional standards of care/practice. This role involves the collection and analysis of assessment data, identification of expected outcomes, and development of a plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and interdisciplinary team members. The nurse will identify interventions, implement them, evaluate patient progress, and document the process, ensuring sensitivity to age-specific and unique patient/family needs. The position also promotes and evaluates the effective functioning of the health care team, collaborates to meet patient/family needs, and delegates tasks as appropriate according to the NC Nurse Practice Act.

Requirements

Current North Carolina Registered Nurse license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support is required.

Responsibilities

Provide care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, and other standards.
Deliver nursing care in accordance with ECU Health and entity specific nursing policies, procedures and professional standards of care/practice.
Collect and analyze assessment data.
Identify expected outcomes and develop a plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and other interdisciplinary team members.
Identify interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the interventions identified in the plan of care.
Evaluate the progress of the patient/family toward attainment of outcomes.
Document the nursing care process.
Provide care with sensitivity to age specific and unique needs of the patient/family.
Promote and evaluate the effective functioning of the health care team.
Collaborate with health care team members to meet the identified needs of the patient/family throughout the episode of care.
Delegate tasks and activities as appropriate and governed by NC Nurse Practice Act.