Registered Nurse ICU Job Description
Registered nurse ICU
provides holistic nursing care addressing the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and their caregivers throughout the disease trajectory.
Registered Nurse ICU Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective registered nurse ICU job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included registered nurse ICU job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Compares expected and actual outcomes of care and identifies deviation from the plan of care
Adheres to hospital nursing practice standards, demonstrates appropriate assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care
Completes a Nursing Assessment form on each patient within 24 hours
Identifies patient needs based on objective data and follows through with appropriate documentation
Implements appropriate Nursing actions to each patient that needs to be identified
Identifies and appropriately utilizes multidisciplinary approach to facilitate delivery of patient care
Instructs and documents patient in follow-up care/activities in preparation for transfer/discharge
Evaluates the patient’s/significant other’s understanding of instructions
Gives written instructions and materials to patients and families
Implement and monitor patient care plans within the critical care unit
Registered Nurse ICU Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Registered Nurse ICU
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, ACLS, CPR, CCRN, RN, PALS, BCLS, NIHSS, TCAR, TNCC
Education for Registered Nurse ICU
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the registered nurse ICU job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Science, Education, School of Nursing, Graduate, Associates, English, Department of Education, Nursing Education, Performance
Skills for Registered Nurse ICU
Desired skills for registered nurse ICU include:
Medication - administration procedures
Nursing care methods and procedures
Psychosocial
Spiritual
Cultural
Developmental needs for a select category of patients
Physical
Nursing process in addressing physical
Principles of growth and development over the life span
Desired experience for registered nurse ICU includes:
Minimum of one year experience as a registered nurse is preferred
Minimum one year of Critical Care Nursing experience
Experience in cardiac resuscitation, multi-system organ failure and sepsis along with other critical illnesses
Must hold a current, valid Arizona or compact RN state license
One year professional nursing experience in critical care required
1 year professional acute care nurisng experience required
Registered Nurse ICU Examples
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Registered Nurse ICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of registered nurse ICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse ICU
- Completes timely initial and ongoing patient assessments, considering the physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and developmental needs of patients and families
- Develops a plan of care that prescribes nursing actions to achieve patient goals
- Accountable for identification of risks, hazards and mitigation efforts of unsafe practices
- Contributes to optimal patient outcomes as coordinator of a unit-based healthcare team
- Evaluates the patient's response to treatment and progress toward identified goals and revises plan of care as appropriate
- Identifies health teaching needs of patients and families
- In coordinating the delivery of patient care, delegates activities to unlicensed staff in accordance with system policies, principles of Patient-Centered Care, and the Maryland Nurse Practice Act
- Initiates and monitors discharge planning activities in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team
- Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment of caring for patients and families
- Provides for the emotional support of patients and families during the crisis of illness
Qualifications for registered nurse ICU
- Minimum of one year clinical nursing experience as an RN in a similar setting (critical care) preferred
- Experience with high acuity ICU medical/surgical patients is highly preferred
- Ventilator Management/Weaning
- VAP protocol
- DVT protocol
- Initiation and maintenance of invasive hemodynamic monitoring (CVP, PA lines, A-lines)
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Registered Nurse ICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a registered nurse ICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse ICU
- Serve as a primary coordinator of all discipline for well-coordinated patient care
- Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning need with members of the healthcare team
- Demonstrates care and maintenance of central venous access devices
- Dialysis Therapy responsibilities pre and post treatment PD
- Provides respiratory support (Pulse ox, suctioning, wall and portable oxygen therapy)
- Maintains drainage tubes
Qualifications for registered nurse ICU
- Functions as a member of the Code Blue Team and Rapid Response Team as per hospital policy
- Arterial and Venous stasis ulcer
- Surgical wounds
- Initiates IV therapy as per policy/procedure, taking into consideration vein condition, patient age, skin condition, patient positioning, and cognition
- Vesicants
- Non-vesicants
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Registered Nurse ICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of registered nurse ICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse ICU
- Critical Care certification (CCRN) preferred
- Cardiac Rhythm and Titratable Drug Course successfully completed within one year of hire
- Current BLS endorsed by the American Heart Association and ACLS certifications, required
- At least one (1) year of nursing experience in a comparable acute care setting, highly preferred
- ASN or BSN from an accredited program, required
- Ability to obtain BSN within 4 years of hire unless you have a minimum of 15 years' proven, continuous acute care RN experience, required
Qualifications for registered nurse ICU
- Current NY state registered nursing license
- BSN preferred, or ADN with agreement to enroll in BSN completion program in two years to be completed in five years
- Minimum 1 year of experience on a Medical, Surgical, or Telemetry Unit
- Cerner Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience preferred
- Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team to solve patient problems
- One year of critical care, med-surg or telemetry experience preferred
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Registered Nurse ICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a registered nurse ICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse ICU
- RN clinical experience with high acuity, multiple critical care patient populations
- National Certification in area of practice, preferred
- Experience with high acuity ICU cardiac / medical / surgical patients is preferred
- Months of hire
- Certifications must be kept current as documented on card
- Active CT RN license required prior to start date
Qualifications for registered nurse ICU
- Current Montana RN license
- PALS within 1 year
- ACLS - required within 90 days of hire/transfer
- One year previous critical care experience required
- BSN from an accredited program required within 48 months
- ACLS and either PALS or ENPC within 9 months of hire
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Registered Nurse ICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a registered nurse ICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse ICU
- Two (2) years of ICU Nursing experience preferred
- Two (2) years of Emergency Nursing experience preferred
- Basic EDG Course required
- Previous Critical Care nursing experience highly preferred
- BSN or higher required within 36 months of being hired
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification preferred
Qualifications for registered nurse ICU
- Previous experience in ICU is strongly preferred
- Must posses great customer service skills
- One year of acute care nursing experience preferred
- One year Med/Surg RN experience preferred
- Years as an ICU RN required
- Maintains current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut