We are looking for a Specific Care Nurse to join our team.
Specific critical care nurse or ICU nurse duties and responsibilities can include:
- Monitor exact, detailed reports and records of the critical ICU patients.
- Monitor and record symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions and information to the physician.
- Order, interpret and evaluate diagnostics tests to identify and assess the patient’s condition.
- Carefully observe and document patient medical information and vital signs.
- Document patients’ medical histories and assessment findings.
- Document patients’ treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
- Consult and coordinate with health care team members about whole patient care plans.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient’s response and conditions.
- Monitor the critical patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
- Administering intravenous fluids and medications as per doctor’s order.
- Monitor patients’ fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
- Direct and supervise less-skilled nursing/health care personnel, or supervise a particular unit on one shift to patient’s response and conditions.
- Treating wounds and providing advanced life support.
- Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion.
- Ensuring that ventilators, monitors, and other types of medical equipment function properly.
- Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
- Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
- Collaborating with fellow members of the critical care team.
- Responding to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment.
- Critical care nurses may also care for pre-and post-operative patients when those patients require ICU care.
- Besides, some act as managers and policymakers, while others perform administrative duties.
- Assess patients’ pain levels and sedation requirements.
- Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs.
- Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
- Acting as a patient advocate.
- Providing education and support to patient families.
- ICU nurses must be able to draw ABG Blood and interpret the report correctly.
Position Requirements:
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current licensure with the State Board of Nurse Examiners. License must be in good standing. 2-year minimum of nursing experience in a position that specializes in intensive care nursing. Ability to work independently, make decisions, meet deadlines, multi-task and solve problems; working under a moderate to high degree of pressure
