Registered Nurse RN - ICU

Prime Healthcare•Evanston, IL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides safe, direct patient care in the ICU using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse is accountable for care provided to assigned patients and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality. The role includes directing and guiding patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care. The nurse communicates with physicians about changes in patients’ clinical conditions, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal findings, and symptoms. The nurse must respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Minimum of one year as a staff RN in an acute care hospital; critical care experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a Critical Care Course.
Critical Care RN (CCRN) certification.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care.
Remain directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients.
Communicate with physicians about changes in patient condition, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.