Registered Nurse-ICU Full-Time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • DeKalb, IL

3d • $37 - $60

About The Position

The Registered Nurse-ICU provides inpatient nursing care in accordance with hospital and department policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of practice, and the organization’s ethics and compliance requirements. The nurse uses the nursing process to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to patients and families, taking developmental needs and abilities into consideration.

The role includes assessing patients and families, anticipating care and discharge needs, developing and updating plans of care with interdisciplinary input, administering medications and treatments safely, communicating changes in patient status, documenting care, and evaluating patients’ responses to interventions and teaching. The position is full-time nights at 36 hours per week (0.9 FTE).

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
• An Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) is acceptable with a commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within three years of the first day of employment in a clinical nurse role.

Nice To Haves

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with others.
• Strong analytic abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assess each assigned patient according to unit guidelines, considering age-specific physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and environmental factors; recognize signs of abuse or neglect.
• Assess patient and family educational needs, abilities, learning preferences, and readiness to learn.
• Anticipate potential problems related to the patient’s condition, adjustment to disease, physical complications, knowledge needs, discharge needs, and family support.
• Develop and update the nursing plan of care based on assessment and nursing diagnosis, incorporating input from the interdisciplinary team and patient, family, or significant others.
• Coordinate communication with physicians and other healthcare providers by reporting and recording pertinent observations and reactions.
• Assess patient response to treatment, recognize causes of symptoms or changing conditions, and initiate appropriate nursing interventions.
• Prioritize care for assigned patients and adjust priorities as patient status or unit activity changes.
• Participate in discharge planning from admission, documenting teaching, patient and family understanding, and timely referrals.
• Apply standards of care and OSHA guidelines and policies to provide safe care appropriate to the patient’s growth and development needs.
• Identify, implement, and document age-specific interventions safely and promptly, including the patient’s response.
• Include patients, families, and significant others in care planning, care delivery, and teaching.
• Administer prescribed medications and perform treatments safely; use medication administration as an opportunity to educate patients and families.
• Provide pain management, comfort, and support to patients and families.
• Follow hospital policy for reporting potential abuse or neglect.
• Anticipate patient needs and coordinate care activities with hospital departments, healthcare providers, and community agencies.
• Reassess patients according to their condition, standards of practice, and hospital policy.
• Evaluate diagnostic data promptly and intervene appropriately.
• Document treatments, assessments, and patient responses to nursing actions and medical regimens comprehensively and accurately.
• Communicate patient status changes to the shift charge nurse, physician, and other healthcare team members as appropriate.
• Evaluate patient and family responses to teaching, including understanding, acceptance, and compliance.
• Initiate patient care conferences in consultation with the interdisciplinary team and revise plans of care based on patient responses.
• Evaluate the quality of care provided, including nursing assessments and plans of care.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Loan forgiveness.
• 401(k) matching.
• Lifecycle benefits.
• A range of benefits intended to support employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level