Icu Rn Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing, required upon hire.
• One year of RN experience, required upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license for Texas, required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR), required within 14 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, required within 6 months.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform admission and ongoing assessments of patients and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
• Notify the physician of assessment changes that require attention.
• Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient and family teaching, and transition-of-care plan, including an appropriate and safe discharge level of care.
• Work with other clinical disciplines to address specialized patient care and discharge needs.
• Develop individualized plans of care and daily goals.
• Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
• Report significant changes in patient condition to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
• Implement patient safety initiatives and protocols, including medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
• Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify physicians when needed to modify interventions, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
• Give and receive Bedside Shift Report, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive reports to support continuity of care.
• Receive reports from the off-going shift and delegate tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity.
• Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; remove used and soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations.
• Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
• Immediately report patient safety and hazard concerns.