Registered Nurse - ICU/CCU- Day
About The Position
The Registered Nurse in Critical Care manages critically ill patients ages 14 through elderly adults. The role includes comprehensive management of medications and intravenous therapy; safely titrating medications to support patients’ vital signs; and managing equipment used to monitor multiple physiologic systems, including ventilators, intracranial pressure (ICP) drains, arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, and intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs). The nurse maintains eight hours of stroke-specific education yearly. The position is accountable for observing, assessing, intervening, evaluating, rehabilitating, and teaching people who are ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing changes in normal health processes. Responsibilities also include maintaining health and preventing illness, administering medications and treatments as ordered by a physician, supervising or teaching nursing, administering, supervising, and evaluating nursing practices, policies, and procedures, performing acts delegated by a physician, and developing nursing care plans. This is a full-time dayshift position, 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., with possible weekend rotation.
Requirements
- B.S., diploma, or associate degree in nursing.
- Current RN license issued by the Texas State Board of Nurses.
- Technical, clerical, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills relevant to patient care and the work area.
- Certification requirements as defined by the certification policy.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS), required before patient care.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), required before patient care.
- National Institute of Healthcare Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification, required within 90 days after hire.
Nice To Haves
- ICU/CCU experience.
- National certification recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
- Bilingual or multilingual ability.
Responsibilities
- Manage critically ill patients ages 14 through elderly adults.
- Manage medications and intravenous therapy.
- Safely titrate medications to support patients’ vital signs.
- Manage equipment used to monitor multiple physiologic systems, including ventilators, ICP drains, arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, and IABPs.
- Maintain eight hours of stroke-specific education yearly.
- Observe, assess, intervene, evaluate, rehabilitate, and provide health teaching for patients experiencing illness, injury, infirmity, or changes in normal health processes.
- Maintain health and help prevent illness.
- Administer medications and treatments as ordered by a physician.
- Supervise or teach nursing, and administer, supervise, and evaluate nursing practices, policies, and procedures.
- Perform acts delegated by a physician and develop nursing care plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
