Staff RN - Neuro Med/Surg ICU FT Nights

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Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Follows moderate sedation guidelines and monitoring per policy.
  
  
• Monitors patients with thrombolytic agents including intra-arterial and recognizes possible complications.
  
  
• Administers vasoactive drugs, antiarrhythmic and other cardiac and emergency medications.
  
  
• Interprets cardiac rhythms and provide appropriate intervention.
  
  
• Demonstrates advanced neurological assessment skills and management of neurological devices such as EVD and ICP monitoring within one year of hire and PRN.
  
  

Education

Experience

License / Certification Requirements