ICU RN

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES �
The Registered Nurse works under the supervision of the Director and is responsible for providing nursing care for acutely ill patients. The registered nurse performs assigned procedures that are within the scope of practice as set forth by the Iowa State Board of Nursing.

SUPERVISOR � Director of ICU & ARU

SUPERVISES � N/A

DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Attending 100% of all mandatory in-services.
- Completing all required training and continuing education.
- Completing all competency requirements.
- Completing physical and psychosocial assessments of assigned patients.
- Creating, updating, and individualizing nursing care plans for assigned patients in collaboration with the patient and their significant others utilizing an interdisciplinary team approach.
- Implementing and contributing to the Medical Plan of Care.
- Accurately transcribing and implementing physician orders.
- Documenting patients� care and responses to care.
- Preparing and administering medications using the 10 rights:
1. Right Patient
2. Right Route
3. Right Medication
4. Right Dose
5. Right Time
6. Right Documentation
7. Right Assessment
8. Right to Education
9. Right Evaluation
10. Right to Refuse
- Demonstrating flexibility and adaptability to changes in nursing practice.
- Responding in a positive manner to constructive criticism.
- Exercising safe judgment in decision making and demonstrating tact and understanding when dealing with patients, team members, members of other disciplines, and the public, recognizing legal responsibilities and functioning within limitations specified by law.
- Actively participating in the development and accomplishment of unit goals.
- Assisting in the growth and development of team members.
- Maintaining flexibility with schedule to assure department coverage of staffing.
- Identifying potential and ongoing department and organizational wide quality improvement projects, and participating in processes designed to support change.
- Conveying risk and safety concerns to Director, Nursing Supervisor, or Administration in a timely manner.
- Completing variance reports regarding unexpected patient, and/or family, or employee incidents in a timely manner.
- Demonstrating fulfillment of the standards of behavior.
- Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate age-appropriate nursing care per ORCH policy/procedure and by meeting regulatory expectations from the Joint Commission and Center for Medicare/Medicaid.

EDUCATION
- Graduate of a program of Registered Nursing.
- Dysrhythmia course completed within 6 months of hire or pass written dysrhythmia competency within 90 days of hire.

EXPERIENCE
- Prefer prior experience in Telemetry or Progressive care nursing, but not required.

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE
- Current RN license in the state of Iowa or a multistate license allowing to work in the state of Iowa.
- Current BCLS verification.
- Iowa Mandatory Reporter � Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Certificates.
- Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support (ACLS) preferred.
- Progressive Care RN Certification preferred but not required.