LISR - Registered Nurse (RN) (Step Down Unit)
Evergreen Technologies, LLC.
Location
Garden City, NY | United States
Job description
Registered Nurse (RN) (Step Down Unit)
Overview:
- Job Category: Acute - Nursing - Local
- Duties: RN to patient ratio – 1:4, ranging from young adult to geriatric
- Monitoring patients with medical equipment such as catheters, feeding tubes, tracheostomies, ventilators and cardiac monitors
- Care for patients transitioning out of the ICU requiring more care and attention than patients on a general medical-surgical unit
- Frequent patient assessments and proper escalation of a patient’s change in medical condition
- Responding to cardiac arrest and rapid response codes
- Skills: Evidence of graduation from an accredited National League of Nursing School. Baccalaureate degree or satisfactory equivalent combination of training, education and experience
- Licensed to practice as a professional nurse in New York State
- Two years of the following experience is required: Medical/Surgical SD or ICU experience, IV Insertion, phlebotomy and conscious sedation
- BLS & ACLS certification
- Demonstrates satisfactory completion of age specific competency
- Education: RN License - required Primary Source Verification - required AHA BLS - required AHA ACLS - required IV Certification - required CCRN - preferred CRRT - preferred ECHMO - preferred Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis - preferred - RN - Interventional Radiology
- Certifications & Licenses: BLS & ACLS certification - Licensed to practice as a professional nurse in New York State - CCRN - IV Certification - RN License
The Registered Nurse (RN) of Step Down Unit is responsible for delivery of patient care.
The successful candidate will be able to:
- Coordinate all nursing care for patients based on established clinical nursing practice standards
- Collaborating with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes
- Contributing to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care
- Collect patient’s health data Analyze assessment data in determining patient problems Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient
- Develop a comprehensive plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes Implement interventions identified in the plan of care
- Evaluate patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes Assist with the plan of care, evaluate, modify and coordinate care, and communicate well with other disciplines
- Delegate task to unlicensed personnel in compliance with the Board of Nursing
- Conduct discharge planning, assisting the patient/significant others to obtain knowledge about illness, injury prevention
- Maintain confidentiality with all information Perform all other duties as assigned
- Must have a passion for excellence
- Professionalism displayed through sound judgement, initiative, and flexibility
- Good interpersonal, communication, teamwork, and customer service skills
- Strong organizational, problem-solving and follow-through skills
- Ability to multi-task constantly, react to changes quickly/productively, and tolerate interruptions
- Be able to analyze and make sound decisions under stressful situations
- Remain flexible, organized, professional
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