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ID J115899 RN, CCU

• RN, Brooklyn, New York Job Summary:
• The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating all nursing care as defined by The New York State Nursing Practice Act.
• Comprehensive Critical care nursing focuses on assisting the critically ill patient to achieve his/her optimum health potential. This is achieved within the framework of the nursing process.
• The activities are carried out in collaboration with the care providers and other members of the healthcare team in response to patient and family needs.
• The Critical Care Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for care delivery and renders services to ICU and /or telemetry patients ranging from 18 years and older.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• In accordance with professional nursing standards and practices, the Critical Care nurse will provide nursing care to all critical care/telemetry patients with medical and surgical diagnoses.

Critical care nurse responds to code blue and medical alerts as assigned.

Assessment:

• Assesses patients physical, social, behavioral, and mental status through direct observation, interview, and medical record review.
• Includes assessment from history and data collection as obtained from the patient and/or care providers.
• Determines mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, and skin condition and adjusts plan of care as appropriate.
• Documents a nursing assessment to include psychosocial, environmental factors, educational level, and needs.
• Obtains and reviews available data base and any data collected by other members of the health team (medical/surgical/other history, physical exam mental status, therapist reports, physician, and community referrals).
• Identifies medical problems resulting from psychological /mental illness and use of medications.
• Communicates findings with other members of the health team.

(Social Worker, Case managers, therapist, physician).

Planning:

• Identifies and addresses needs for admission based on acute medical/surgical diagnoses and presenting physical/psychological symptoms.
• Identifies and addresses patient level of education and learning needs.
• Makes appropriate referral to other disciplines and documents same.

Intervention/Implementation:

• Management of clinical skills in the provision of nursing care and management of the patient including but not limited to:
• Identification of symptoms.
• Management of the disease entity.
• Treatment modalities.
• Administration of medications.
• Intervenes appropriately in medical/surgical and critical emergencies utilizing crisis intervention.
• Utilities critical thinking in assessment of patients and in interventions.
• Utilizes infection control procedures and protocols.
• Provides for psychosocial needs of all critically ill patients.
• Provides health teaching and medication instructions to patient/next of kin.
• Ensures that all procedures are performed based on established standards of care.
• Demonstrates competency in performing all procedures within the scope of practice and in accordance with Interfaith Medical Center.
• Investigates and communicates all required information regarding unusual occurrences and patient care incidents.
• Acts as a patient advocate.

Evaluation:

• Revises the patients plan of care based on evaluation of interventions and expected outcomes in collaboration with other members of the health care team.

Physical Demands:

• Involves standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, and bending.
• May include some repetitive motions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising patient care.

Skills:

Required Skills & Experience:

• 2+ years of Critical Care nursing experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

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N/A Education:

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN) required.

Preferred Education:

• Master's Degree in Nursing, preferred.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• New York State RN License.
• ACLS and BLS required.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

• N/A