Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Cardiology

• Reports risk management concerns using eSRM.
• Annual Blood Borne Pathogens training (if required)

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MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

Worker Type

Regular

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse is a professional practitioner who assesses, manages, directs, and provides nursing care care activities during the patient's hospital stay and coordinates planning with other disciplines utilizing a patient/customer driven approach. This job performs duties in the Intensive Care Units.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

Position Accountabilities And Performance Criteria

Essential Functions: The following are essential job accountabilities and performance criteria:

• Performs comprehensive nursing assessment/reassessment.

Criteria

• Performs age-appropriate admission assessment or transfer assessment. Obtains input from family/guardian when appropriate.
• Accurately and completely documents findings.
• Performs assessment of post-op/post-invasive procedure patients.
• Assesses and documents education and discharge needs of patient and family on admission and throughout hospitalization.
• Provides patient reassessment documenting pertinent observations according to the patient plan of care, changes in condition, status and/or diagnosis, response to care, procedures, etc., and standards of care.
• Establishes, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care based on analysis of assessment data, patient diagnosis, lab data, tests, procedures, physician orders, protocols and standards of care and other information as relevant.

Criteria

• Identifies short and long term goals based on patient care needs.
• Formulates nursing interventions to achieve desired patient outcome.
• Incorporates disease specific evidenced based practice into nursing care plan and other documentation
• Provides and documents nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, plan of care, and changes in patient status.

Criteria

• Collaborates with appropriate health team members for coordination of daily plan of care for assigned patients.
• Provides, coordinates and communicates patient care, including accurate Handoff Communication Reports.
• Administers and documents medications accurately according to policies and procedures.
• Monitors, maintains and documents accurate IV fluids and parenteral nutrition according to policies and procedures.
• Completes referrals as indicated by assessment data.
• Requests consultation for special needs, equipment, or information for patient and/or family.
• Provides patient/family education and discharge planning per documentation guidelines and protocol.
• Clarifies all physician orders as warranted.
• Acknowledges and implements physician orders in an accurate and timely manner as evidenced by