RN / Registered Nurse / Louisiana / Permanent / Registered Nurse - Surgical ICU Job
Company: HCA.
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
Description SHIFT: Nights (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Areyou passionate about delivering superior, patient-centered care?
At HCAHealthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with
purpose and integrity.We care like family! Jump-start your career
as an Intensive Care RN today with Rapides Regional Medical Center
. We are committed to providing our employees with the supportthey
need. At Rapides Regional weoffer an array of medical, dental, and
vision packages as well as severaladd-on perks to make your
benefits package truly customizable to you and yourfamily needs.
Some of our unique benefits we offer include:
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match 3%-9% of pay based onyears of
service)
- Identity Theft Protection discounts
- Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) The Life of an HCANurse
Youcontribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our
patients lives andyou have the opportunity to make a difference. We
are looking for a dedicated ICU RN like you to be apart of our
team. ICU nurses work quickly, efficiently, independently,
andmeticulously. In order to treat the most critical patients in
the mostthorough manner, critical care nurses use their specialized
skills andextensive knowledge of disease pathology to provide
interventions that sustainlife.
About this unit:
- 15-bed high acuity Surgical ICU
- Teamwork is the core of how we operate! Leadership and staff
are supportive and engaged
- Patient safety and satisfaction are our number one priority
Responsibilities:
- Throughassessment of the patients physical, nutritional,
psychosocial, spiritual,emotional, cultural, educational, and
rehabilitative needs, problems areidentified and documented in the
clinical record and communicated to thephysician, case manager, and
ancillary departments when appropriate
- Appropriatestandards of care, care plans, and interventions are
initiated, professionallymodified, and communicated to the patient
and other members of the healthcareteam
- Ableto demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to
provide care based onphysical, psychosocial, educational, safety,
and related criteria appropriateto the following age groups:
pediatric, children, adolescent, adult,geriatric
- Providespatient/family health education that promotes healthy
behaviors, supportsrecovery, and enables the patient/family to be
involved in decisions abouttheir own care
- Thepatients responses to interventions and progress toward
desired outcomes areassessed, re-assessed, evaluated, and
documented in the clinical record
- Patientcare activities are coordinated through collaboration
and planning with othermembers of the healthcare team
- Physiciansorders are carried out accurately and efficiently,
and clarified when necessary
- Adverseor sudden changes in the patients conditions are
promptly communicated to thephysician, charge nurse, nursing
supervisor, and/or family with specific andpertinent data
- Ableto identify potential or actual victims of abuse and
understands the properreporting mechanism
- Ableto recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates
understanding of properreporting mechanism once reaction is
identified
- Appropriatelyassesses the patients pain and involves the
patient in effective management ofthat pain using appropriate
interventions
- Ableto demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for
administration of bloodand blood products and appropriately
monitors the patient receiving blood/bloodproducts for any
transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction
isrecognized
- Patientcare equipment is utilized safely and efficiently in
accordance with hospitalpolicies and procedures
- Standardprecautions are promoted and followed in the
utilization of principles ofinfection control in patient care
- Achievesstated goals related to job performance
- Educationalattendance records reveal attendance at all required
educational programs/in-services
Qualifications
- Graduate of a Nursing Program from an accredited school
- Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the
Stateof Louisiana
- CPR for Healthcare Providers to be completed within 30 days
ofhire
- ACLS to be completed within 30 days of hire Rapides Regional
Medical Center is an award-winning 350+ bedhospital and ER in
Alexandria, Louisiana that offers a wide array of servicesranging
from Cancer Care to Wound Care, and our medical staff includes
doctorsin more than 30 medical specialties.
At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values arethe key
to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team
youcontribute to the positive culture of the hospital, which
directly impacts thewell
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