RN ICU

St. Luke's Hospital - The Woodlands•The Woodlands, TX

21d•$35 - $55

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care in the ICU, contributing to patient well-being and recovery. The RN assesses patients, performs skilled procedures, implements and evaluates care plans, and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The role requires sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The RN conducts admission and ongoing assessments, addresses patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notifies the physician of relevant changes. The RN designs, directs, evaluates, and documents care plans, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions of care, working with other clinical disciplines to address specialized care and discharge needs. The RN prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; reports significant changes; and follows patient-safety protocols, medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consultation notifications. The RN reassesses patients after interventions, notifies physicians when care may need modification, and adjusts nursing care as patient needs change. The RN gives and receives bedside shift reports, supports continuity of care, and delegates tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity. The RN maintains a safe patient and work environment, removes used or soiled items to the appropriate locations, contributes to quality, safety, and satisfaction goals, and promptly reports safety or hazard concerns. St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245-bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. It provides services including cardiovascular care, diagnostic imaging, women’s services, neurosciences, pediatric care, surgery, pathology, pulmonary services, and sleep-disorder services.

Requirements

Associate of Nursing upon hire, or one year of RN experience upon hire.
Registered Nurse license in Texas upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support within six months.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Nursing.

Responsibilities

Conduct admission and ongoing assessments of patients and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
Notify physicians of changes in patient assessments that require attention.
Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions of care and discharge plans.
Work with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient-care and discharge needs.
Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
Report significant patient-condition changes to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consultation notifications.
Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions, notify physicians as necessary, and adjust care as patient needs change.
Give and receive bedside shift reports, provide accurate reports to the oncoming shift, and delegate tasks as needed to support continuity of care.
Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment, promptly remove used or soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations, and report safety or hazard concerns immediately.