Specific Care Nurse ICU Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Specific Care Nurse to join our team.

Specific critical care nurse or ICU nurse duties and responsibilities can include :

• Monitor exact, detailed reports and records of the critical ICU patients.
• Monitor and record symptoms and changes in patients conditions and information to the physician.
• Order, interpret and evaluate diagnostics tests to identify and assess the patients condition.
• Carefully observe and document patient medical information and vital signs.
• Document patients medical histories and assessment findings.
• Document patients treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members about whole patient care plans.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients response and conditions.
• Monitor the critical patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
• Administering intravenous fluids and medications as per doctors order.
• Monitor patients fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
• Direct and supervise less-skilled nursing / health care personnel, or supervise a particular unit on one shift to patients response and conditions.
• Treating wounds and providing advanced life support.
• Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion.
• Ensuring that ventilators, monitors, and other types of medical equipment function properly.
• Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
• Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
• Collaborating with fellow members of the critical care team.
• Responding to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment.
• Critical care nurses may also care for pre-and post-operative patients when those patients require ICU care.
• Besides, some act as managers and policymakers, while others perform administrative duties.
• Assess patients pain levels and sedation requirements.
• Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs.
• Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
• Acting as a patient advocate.
• Providing education and support to patient families.
• ICU nurses must be able to draw ABG Blood and interpret the report correctly.

Position Requirements :

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current licensure with the State Board of Nurse Examiners. License must be in good standing.

2-year minimum of nursing experience in a position that specializes in intensive care nursing. Ability to work independently, make decisions, meet deadlines, multi-task and solve problems;

working under a moderate to high degree of pressure