RN - ICU; Intensive Care Unit Macon

Position: RN - ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Macon
RN - ICU Job Summary

- Facility Information:
- 637 licensed bed, Level 1 Trauma, Teaching Hospital
- Chest Pain and Stroke Center

- Unit Information:
- 14-bed ICU; full census typically 14
- Minimum 2 years ICU RN experience required
- First-time travelers accepted

- Patient Types & Diagnoses:
- Medical ICU patients
- Common diagnoses: respiratory/renal failure, sepsis, GI bleed, DKA, hypotension/hypertension, stroke, pneumonia, cancer, ARDS, overdoses
- Chronic ventilators/trachs, hemodynamically unstable patients

- Patient Ratios:
- RN: 1:1-2 (occasionally 1:3)
- CNA: 1-2 per shift

- Required Licensure/

Certifications:


- Active RN license, NIHSS, BLS, and ACLS required
- CCRN preferred

- Key

Skills:


- Trach care, chest tube management, PIV starts
- Glucommander, insulin & heparin drips, titrating drips to HR/BP
- Vasoactive medication management
- Invasive line management (arterial/central)
- Assisting with bedside procedures (chest tube, trach, PEG)
- TABLO, ventilator management

- Department Support:
- CNA support; unit secretary (7a-11p), house secretary (11p-7a)
- Charge nurse may have patient assignment
- Lab collect phlebotomy (nurses draw from CVLs)
- PICC team (no general IV team)
- Discharge/resource nurses, 24/7 RT, hospitalist, intensivist coverage
- Central telemetry monitoring

- Technology/Equipment:
- EMR: EPIC, IV Pumps:
Alaris, Pyxis med dispensing
- Phillips monitors, VS3, Nova Glucose Stat Strips
- Belmont Rapid Infuser, PCA, SCDs, cooling/heating devices, TABLO

- Floating:
- To all adult ICU units and PCU as needed

- Orientation:
- 1 day facility orientation, 2 days departmental, educational modules

- Other Notes:
- Scrub color:
Navy
- Free parking available
- Busy, team-oriented unit culture