Registered Nurse - RN - Trauma ICU - Straight Nights

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) uses the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes and planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide individualized nursing care. This role is in a 16-bed Medical Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit at a Level 1 Trauma facility. The unit cares for critically ill patients with complex, life-threatening conditions, including sepsis, spinal cord injuries, respiratory failure requiring intubation, skeletal traction, and complex surgical needs. The multidisciplinary team provides advanced hemodynamic monitoring and interventions such as proning, CRRT, and titration of vasopressors. The unit emphasizes rapid response, evidence-based care, and critical thinking. The RN collaborates with interprofessional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement, and evaluate care. The nurse practices within the full scope of nursing expertise and follows age- and population-specific standards for the assigned clinical setting. Care spans prevention, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up as patients move through the continuum of care. The RN also plans and coordinates care, assesses and educates patients, performs triage, and provides other nursing interventions in accordance with applicable nursing practice laws and professional standards.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
Hold an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where practice occurs, or possess multistate licensure if practicing in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care.
Collaborate with interprofessional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
Practice within the full scope of nursing expertise and follow applicable age- and population-specific standards.
Provide care across prevention, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
Plan and coordinate care; assess and educate patients; perform triage and other nursing interventions.
Practice in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, applicable administrative rules, and professional nursing standards.