RN / Registered Nurse / Louisiana / Permanent / Registered Nurse - MICU Job

• TuitionReimbursement/Assistance Programs
• PaidPersonal Leave
• 401k(100% annual match 3%-9% of pay based on years of service)
• IdentityTheft Protection discounts
• Auto,Home, and Life Insurance options
• AdoptionAssistance
• EmployeeStock Purchase Program (ESPP) You contributeto our success. Every role has an impact on our patients lives and you havethe opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated ICU RNlike you to be a part of our team. ICUnurses work quickly, efficiently, independently, and meticulously. Inorder to treat the most critical patients in the most thorough manner, criticalcare nurses use their specialized skills and extensive knowledge of diseasepathology to provide interventions that sustain life.
  About this unit:
• Teamwork is the core of how we operate
• Engagement of Leadership Everyone on the team is motivated and patient focused
• Patient safety and satisfaction are our number one priority. Responsibilities:
• Through assessment of the patients physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs, problems are identified and documented in the clinical record and communicated to the physician, case manager, and ancillary departments when appropriate
• Appropriate standards of care, care plans, and interventions are initiated, professionally modified, and communicated to the patient and other members of the healthcare team
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the following age groups: pediatric, children, adolescent, adult, geriatric
• Provides patient/family health education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports recovery, and enables the patient/family to be involved in decisions about their own care
• The patients responses to interventions and progress toward desired outcomes are assessed, re-assessed, evaluated, and documented in the clinical record
• Patient care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other members of the healthcare team
• Physicians orders are carried out accurately and efficiently, and clarified when necessary
• Adverse or sudden changes in the patients conditions are promptly communicated to the physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and pertinent data
• Able to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands the proper reporting mechanism
• Able to recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper reporting mechanism once reaction is identified
• Appropriately assesses the patients pain and involves the patient in effective management of that pain using appropriate interventions
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for administration of blood and blood products and appropriately monitors the patient receiving blood/blood products for any transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction is recognized
• Patient care equipment is utilized safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital policies and procedures
• Standard precautions are promoted and followed in the utilization of principles of infection control in patient care
• Achieves stated goals related to job performance
  Qualifications
• Graduate of a Nursing Program from an accredited school
• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Louisiana
• CPR for Healthcare Providers to be completed within 30 days of hire
• ACLS to be completed within 30 days of hire Rapides RegionalMedical Center is an award-winning 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria,Louisiana that offers a wide array of services ranging from Cancer Care toWound Care, and our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medicalspecialties.
  At RapidesRegional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff andpatient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the...

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