Clinical Nurse RN – Neuroscience ICU – Night – Full-time

Clinical Nurse RN – Neuroscience ICU – Night – Full-time

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school
• One year clinical experience
• California Registered Nurse (RN) – CA Board of Registered Nursing
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) – American Heart Association
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) – American Heart Association
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) – Various-Employee provides certificate
• NIHSS is required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families
• Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care
• Demonstrates ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care
• Actively communicates with care team to plan patient care
• Utilizes available resources to problem-solve and determine most effective approach to action
• Utilizes the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to provide patient care that incorporates the mind, body and spirit; is individualized, goal directed, and consistent with current standards of safety
• Identifies actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk
• Continuously evaluates interventions and care, and adjusts the plan as patient and family needs change
• Identifies need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation
• Collaborates with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care
• Prioritizes demand for resources and collaborates with others to meet individualized patient needs
• Acts as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population
• Makes appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation
• Implements safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment
• Demonstrates accountability for achieving patient outcomes
• Demonstrates an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family
• Anticipates problems to establishing/maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a specific patient and takes actions to enhance quality of nurse/patient/family interaction
• Analyzes social/cultural variables and adapts nursing interventions to meet diverse needs
• Serves as a patient advocate through actions such as: removing obstacles, identifying and supporting appropriate needs and wants; interpreting for patient to physician and visa/versa
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness
• Coordinates transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team
• Collaborates with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of recent ICU RN experience in an acute care setting
• Stroke/Neuro RN experience