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

ECU Health Medical Center•Tarboro, NC

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, and other applicable professional and regulatory standards, as well as ECU Health and entity-specific nursing policies, procedures, and standards of care and practice. The RN provides and coordinates nursing care by collecting and analyzing assessment data; identifying expected outcomes; and developing a plan of care with the patient or family and other interdisciplinary team members. The RN identifies and implements interventions to achieve expected outcomes, evaluates progress toward those outcomes, and documents the process. Care accounts for the age-specific and unique needs of each patient and family. The RN promotes and evaluates effective health care team functioning, collaborates with team members to meet patient and family needs throughout the episode of care, and delegates tasks and activities as appropriate under the North Carolina Nurse Practice Act.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Provide care in accordance with applicable nursing practice acts, professional standards, regulatory requirements, and ECU Health policies and procedures.
Collect and analyze patient assessment data.
Identify expected outcomes and develop plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members.
Identify and implement interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Evaluate patient and family progress toward outcomes and document the care process.
Provide care that is sensitive to age-specific and unique patient and family needs.
Promote and evaluate effective functioning of the health care team.
Collaborate with health care team members to meet patient and family needs throughout the episode of care.
Delegate tasks and activities as appropriate and in accordance with the North Carolina Nurse Practice Act.