Registered Nurse; RN - Medical Intensive Care Unit; MICU - St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Overview

At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.

Summary Of Primary Functions

The Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) provides, coordinates, plans, and evaluates the care of the patient in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and within established the nursing process framework. Evaluation is done through data collection, assessment, identification, and prioritization of patient problems/needs including evaluating process/outcome of nursing care, interventions, and teaching. The RN coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities and coordinates the care provided by health team members.

• Conducts and analyzes initial and ongoing patient assessment, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness.
• Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serves as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments.
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department and collaborates with spiritual care, palliative, and ethics when needed.
• Serves as a point person for care coordination for family members or caregivers.
• Performs nursing care associated with life supporting technology/modalities which may include, but are not limited to: ventilator management, CRRT, IABP, Impella, ECMO.
• Performs hemodynamic monitoring.
• Clinically manages critically ill patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma.
• Using the AACN Synergy Model, restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliate to maintain physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes information to take immediate, evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement.
• Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Responds to the unique needs of patients and families coping with illness or injury and advocates for their choices in quality of life.
• BSMH nurses practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model.

Licensing/Certification

• Current RN license in the state they are working or covered by compact (required).
• BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred at hire; ACLS required within 6 months of hire).
• PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred at hire; required in lieu of BLS/ACLS for Pediatric Units).
• TNCC Trauma Nursing Core Course (preferred).
• CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred).
• PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred).
• RN-BC Registered Nurse - Board Certified (preferred).
• TCRN Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (preferred).
• NIH Stroke Certification (preferred).

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred).

Work Experience

• 1 year of RN experience (required).
• 6 months RN experience in a Med/Surg, Critical Care, Stepdown, or Emergency Department Unit (preferred).

Training

• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred).
• Critical Care Course (preferred).

Skills

• Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.
• Orients, facilitates learning and provides education to nursing staff and others.
• Possesses clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence-based patient care in accordance with current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission.
• Performs comprehensive assessment of patient's clinical condition and psychosocial needs.
• Safely and efficiently develops, implements, and prioritizes plan of care.
• Application of the nursing process in patient care delivery.
• Assesses patient’s physical and emotional responses to treatment to evaluate effectiveness and outcomes; revises plan of care accordingly.
• Assists patient and family in coping with illness.
• Collaborates with others in the delivery of coordinated patient…