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Posted: 08-Aug-24
Location: Livingston, Tennessee
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 517015
At Livingston Regional Hospital, we recognize that our patients deserve qualified, engaged, and competent nurses. And we know that our nurses deserve a working environment that is safe, leaders who are visible and supportive, and opportunities to grow and develop. We have a positive, hopeful, and resilient leadership team that is solely focused on taking care of the heart of Livingston Regional Hospital – the people who work here. If you feel that your skills and compassion fit with our vision for person-centered care and evidence-based practice, and you would like to belong to a hospital family that only the best are invited to join, we invite you to apply today.
Provides direct patient care to critical care patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice. Planning and prescribing nursing interventions, implementing them and evaluating care rendered in an intensive care setting.
Reports to: ICU Director
Required Skills
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Certifications:
American Heart Association (AHA) OR American Red Cross Certifications
Essential Functions:
- Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, assessments, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
- Documents patient care given.
- Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
- Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
- Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
- Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
- Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.
- Must complete all education assigned and required for the position, including classroom and on-line courses.
Minimum Education:
Graduate of a Program in Discipline - RN Required
Licenses: Tennessee Licensed RN or compact state license.