RN Registered Nurse Neuro IMCU FT Day

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on Neuro IMC, a 16-bed intermediate care nursing unit and dedicated stroke unit at Northeast Georgia Health System. The unit cares for a range of intermediate-care neurological patients, including people with high-acuity ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes, patients receiving IV thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke, patients requiring continuous EEG monitoring, patients with neurological disorders such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, and ALS, and patients with hemodynamic instability requiring antiarrhythmic or vasopressor medications. The RN provides safe, effective, efficient, evidence-based care that addresses patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. The nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team, communicates effectively, prioritizes and delegates appropriately, contributes to quality improvement and shared governance, and supports positive patient and employee experiences. The position requires an active Georgia RN license and at least one year of RN experience. An associate degree, ADN, or diploma is required; a BSN is preferred.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in Georgia.
Associate degree, ADN, or diploma required.
At least one year of RN experience, with demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meeting experience requirements upon hire.
Ability to deliver safe, effective, efficient care in accordance with population-specific guidelines.
Effective communication, prioritization, problem recognition, and use of evidence-based practice.
Ability to delegate appropriately and demonstrate leadership of self and others.
Basic computer skills to operate computer systems used on the unit.
Ability to perform job tasks involving reading, writing, reasoning, talking, and keyboarding.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide safe, effective, efficient nursing care that meets population-specific guidelines.
Apply the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and families.
Participate fully on the care team and respond to team members’ requests for assistance.
Adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility.
Lead interdisciplinary rounds to support appropriate care and smooth transitions across the continuum.
Communicate clearly and effectively with patients, families, colleagues, physicians, and advanced practice providers.
Prioritize care, recognize problems, use evidence-based practice, and demonstrate critical thinking about clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical, and spiritual issues.
Delegate care appropriately while remaining accountable for its quality.
Use safety behaviors and error-prevention tools.
Seek feedback, improve clinical practice, and identify quality-improvement opportunities for colleagues and management.
Support lifelong learning, specialty practice development, and students as a resource.
Promote healthy team relationships and value team members’ contributions, talents, and skills.
Model safe work hours, time management, efficiency, and stewardship.
Support unit-based shared governance and self-care activities while on duty.
Evaluate work processes and participate in efforts to improve care quality, patient experience, employee engagement, and nurse-sensitive indicators.
Maintain de-escalation training certification as appropriate for the work unit.
Incorporate the seven Cs of Caring—compassion, competence, confidence, conscience, commitment, comportment, and creativity—into daily practice.
Demonstrate respect for individuals and the organization and support diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural intelligence.