About this role
Job title: RN | ICU | Full-Time | Nights
About the Role This Registered Nurse (RN) 2 role exists within a designated inpatient specialty area in ICU. The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for a population with multi-system issues in a safe and therapeutic environment, using development knowledge, data interpretation, and clinical judgment. The RN collaborates with patients, families, and interprofessional teams and adheres to specialty and organizational standards; reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager, with potential involvement in supervising Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.
What You'll Do
- Provides direct patient care.
- Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
- Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
- Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
- Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
- Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
- Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
- Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
- Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
- Administers medications to patients.
- Reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager.
- May participate in supervision of Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.
What We're Looking For
- Education: Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
- Certification, Registration & Licensure: Registered Nurse - New Hampshire Board of Nursing; Basic Life Support - American Heart Association.
- Experience: One year prior clinical nursing experience; evidence of experience working effectively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team; evidence of the ability to perform as a team member.