RN ICU

Allina Health System•Saint Paul, MN

7d•$43 - $71•Onsite

About The Position

21-bed ICU typically seeing respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, acute MI, acute renal failure, overdoses, and complex surgical procedures. The average length of stay is 3-4 days, and the nurse patient ratio is 1:1 or 1:2. Skill mix between experienced and newer nurses: mostly nurses with 2-5 years ICU experience. Maybe 25% with greater than 10 years, and maybe 25% less than 2 years.As a mixed ICU unit, you never know what you will get. United is at the cutting edge of many cardiac procedures and has great employee experience scores and patient experience scores. Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs. Provides specialized care to patients who are severely ill or injured. May practice in an intensive care unit or in a care area that requires the expertise of the critical care nurse.

Requirements

Associate's or Vocational degree
2 to 5 years RN experience
Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire / WI Department of Safety & Professional Services required if working in the state of WI upon hire
Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below: ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross ◦ Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
Allina in-house ACLS training required upon completion of orientation
ACLS/BLS Tier 3 - Multisource required if working in rapid response or code teams

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree
0 to 2 years critical care RN experience
Certified Critical Care RN - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) preferred
RN-C in appropriate to department specialty preferred
SCRN Stroke Certified RN preferred

Responsibilities

Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care; supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
Establishes, in the collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
Fulfills all organizational requirements.
Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
Other duties as assigned.