The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care in the ICU using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching, as well as the activities of other nursing personnel, while maintaining standards of care. The Registered Nurse is directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients. The nurse communicates with physicians about changes in patients’ clinical conditions, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms. The role requires responding quickly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response and maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.
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