Registered Nurse - Critical Care Unit ; Nights

Overview

Registered Nurse - Critical Care Unit Full Time (Nights) - 1611418

Frye Regional Medical Center

As a part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, our community hospital is being supported with more resources than ever before. Duke LifePoint combines Duke University Health System's unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence, quality and patient safety with LifePoint Health's financial resources and extensive operational experience - making our hospital even stronger.

Duke LifePoint Healthcare's pledge to our hospital and the communities we serve is quality, expertise and commitment.

• Quality is the cornerstone of Duke LifePoint, and it is the central focus of everything the organization and our hospital strive to achieve.
• Duke LifePoint pledges to bring a wealth of expertise and resources to strengthen the already excellent care our hospital delivers.
• And, Duke LifePoint's commitment is to work collaboratively with our hospital to make our community healthier by strengthening local healthcare delivery for the future.

For more information about Duke LifePoint, visit

The Frye Heart Center is partnered with the Duke Heart Network and is the only Duke Heart affiliate in Western North Carolina. Frye is the region’s only comprehensive heart center performing more than 6750 heart procedures each year including open heart surgery. Frye is a Chest Pain Center with accredited PCI, offering 24/7 interventional cardiology with an experienced network of physician specialists and cardiovascular providers.

As a nursing professional there are various areas of opportunity to bring your expertise and join our nursing team.

Frye’s three intensive care units are made up of 8 beds each for a total of 24 beds. Specialized nursing staff provide care for critically ill patients and their families using a holistic, integrated team approach. In the CVICU, Cardiovascular trained nurses provide care for patients who have undergone procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafts and valve replacements.

• Assessing the patient’s physical and mental health including the patient’s reaction to illnesses and treatment regimens.
• Recording and reporting the results of the nursing assessment.
• Planning, initiating, delivering, and evaluating appropriate nursing acts.
• Teaching, assigning, delegating to or supervising other personnel in implementing the treatment regimen.
• Collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care for a patient but, subject to the provisions of G.S.90-18.2, not in prescribing a medical treatment regimen or making a medical diagnosis, except under supervision of a licensed physician.
• Implementing the treatment and pharmaceutical regimen prescribed by any person authorized by State law to prescribe the regimen.
• Providing teaching and counseling about the patient’s health.
• Reporting and recording the plan for care, nursing care given, and the patient’s response to that care.
• Supervising, teaching, and evaluating those who perform or are preparing to perform nursing functions and administering nursing programs and nursing services.

Supervised By:
Administrative Director, Nurse Manager, Registered Nurse

Supervises:
Nursing assistants, Unit secretary, Licensed Practical Nurse

Critical Care Nursing, ICU, CCU, Critical Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Medical ICU, Surgical ICU

Qualifications

Requirements, Certifications & Licensures

• Current North Carolina License
• BLS, ACLS required or within one year of employment

Minimum Experience

• ICU - Previous Critical Care experience preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of inpatient RN experience required.