Position: RN Neuro ICU, Weekend Option
It’s more than a career, it’s a calling
MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
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Welcome RN’s experienced and new to the Neuro ICU!
Weekend Option
7:00 pm- 7:00 am
As an ICU RN is University Hospital, you will care for patients in their most critical time of illness. In the ICU, our registered nurses come from a diverse set of backgrounds, making SSM Health a great place both to share your own knowledge and, more broadly, to learn from your peers.
On our unit you can expect a work environment w:
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Job Summary:
The Registered Nurse is a professional practitioner who assesses, manages, directs, and provides nursing care care activities during the patient’s hospital stay and coordinates planning with other disciplines utilizing a patient/customer driven approach.
Job Responsibilities and
Requirements:
POSITION
ACCOUNTABILITIES
AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Essential Functions:
The following are essential job accountabilities and performance criteria:
1) Performs comprehensive nursing assessment/reassessment.
Criteria
A) Performs age-appropriate admission assessment or transfer assessment. Obtains input from family/guardian when appropriate.
B) Accurately and completely documents findings.
C) Performs assessment of post-op/post-invasive procedure patients.
D) Assesses and documents education and discharge needs of patient and family on admission and throughout hospitalization.
E) Provides patient reassessment documenting pertinent observations according to the patient plan of care, changes in condition, status and/or diagnosis, response to care, procedures, etc., and standards of care.
2) Establishes, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care based on analysis of assessment data, patient diagnosis, lab data, tests, procedures, physician orders, protocols and standards of care and other information as relevant.
Criteria
A)
Identifies short and long term goals based on patient care needs.
B)
Formulates nursing interventions to achieve desired patient outcome.
C) Incorporates disease specific evidenced based practice into nursing care plan and other documentation
3)
Provides and documents nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, plan of care, and changes in patient status.
Criteria
A) Collaborates with appropriate health team members for coordination of daily plan of care for assigned patients.
B) Provides, coordinates and communicates patient care, including accurate Handoff Communication Reports.
C) Administers and documents medications accurately according to policies and procedures.
D) Monitors, maintains and documents accurate IV fluids and parenteral nutrition according to policies and procedures.
E) Completes referrals as indicated by assessment data.
F) Requests consultation for special needs, equipment, or information for patient and/or family.
G) Provides patient/family education and discharge planning per documentation guidelines and protocol.
H) Clarifies all physician orders as warranted.
I) Acknowledges and implements physician orders in an accurate and timely manner as evidenced by documentation in the medical record.
J) Assists physician with procedures/treatments as requested or delegates to Care Partner as appropriate.
K) Documents “Readback” for all telephone/verbal orders.
L) Takes telephone/verbal in emergency situations.
M) Recognizes changes in patient’s condition and takes appropriate nursing actions.
N) Involves the family/guardian when providing care and in decision-making as appropriate.
O) Recognizes risks for patient and takes appropriate action.
P) Incorporates use of Infection Control practices in daily care.
4) Documents and or communicates nursing care and or changes in patient condition.
Criteria
A) Performs and documents ongoing evaluation of effectiveness of care based on assessment data, nursing interventions, patient response to medications, treatments and procedures.
B) Evaluates and documents effectiveness of patient/family education.
C) Evaluates plan of care and modifies as indicated in “A” above.
D) Recognizes significant changes in patient’s clinical parameters and reports immediately to physician and others as indicated.
E) Identifies problems, gathers pertinent data, suggests solutions, communicates using appropriate lines of authority, and works toward problem resolution.
F) Reports variation from care/treatment following the occurrence reporting policy and procedures.
5)
Specialized Care:
Provides specialized care to patients ry.
Criteria
A) Restraint Care
1. Initiates/evaluates alternatives to restraint prior to application
2.Applies restraints consistent with the approved procedure.
3. Monitors and assesses patient’s response throughout the restraint period…
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