Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Company: A-Team Solutions
Location: Detroit
Posted on: August 7, 2022
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Job Description:
Critical Care/ICU/PICU/NICU opening in Detroit, Michigan. This
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A-Team Solutions is seeking an ICU Registered Nurses for full time
coverage at the VA Health Care System in Detroit, MI. Position will
start upon approval and credentialing.
DUTIES/QUALIFICATIONS:
· Perform critical care nursing to Intensive Care Unit
patients.
· Demonstrate competency in monitoring patients undergoing
conscious sedation.
· Obtain patient history and pertinent family history.
· Assess patient and plan appropriate nursing care.
· Document plan of care and care given in patient's medical
record.
· Verify transcription of physician's orders, no verbal orders are
to be accepted.
· Carry out prescribed physician's orders and document inpatient
medical record.
· Communicate pertinent patient data to charge nurse and/or
physician as appropriate.
· Re-assess patient's condition and revise plans of care based on
identified nursing problem.
· Administer medications and IV therapies.
· Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosages of most commonly
used emergency drugs and their location on crash cart.
· Assess and document patient response to medication that has been
administered.
· Be able to interpret cardiac rhythms and their implications.
· Reorganize and initiate appropriate measures in
emergencies/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that must
be accomplished.
· Instruct patient/family regarding prescribed
medications/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that must
be accomplished.
· Assess patient/family knowledge level, implement plan of
instructions and record patient/family demonstrated level of
understanding.
· Operate defibrillator, EKG machines and cardiac monitor and other
emergency technical equipment.
· Care for patients with Swan-Gans Catheters, Arterial lines and
mechanical ventilators.
· Participate in discharge planning, as appropriate.
· Be able to initiate life saving measures in the absence of
physicians.
· Assure content and correctness of a prepared report and sign the
document to validate its content.
· Maintain neat, personal appearance and maintain professional
decorum.
· Consistently apply VA customer service standards, demonstrating
helpful, courteous, and respectful conduct at all times.
· Respect patient's rights, including but not limited to visual and
auditory privacy.
· May accept a verbal order in compliance with the facility
policy.
· Must have a current license in at least one (1) state, territory,
or commonwealth in the U.S. or the District of Columbia.
· Critical Care and Emergency Room Registered Nurses must have a
minimum of two years current experience in this field and hold
Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
and or certification.
· Intake and output is assessed every shift, and more frequently if
indicated by specific standard nursing drug care.
· Must review all laboratory data, and electronic medical
records.
· Must have ability to titrate medications.
· Be responsible for feeding tubes which are aspirated for gastric
residual prior to every intermittent feed and every 4 hours for
continuous tube feedings.
· Must perform urinary catheter care by using soap and water
cleaning technique every twelve hours or as required.
· Ensures that medication orders from the previous shift have been
noted and either carried out or transcribed onto the medical
records appropriately.
A-Team Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not
discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin,
gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or
disability status.
To learn more about A-Team Solutions, please visit us at or like us
on Facebook! Lara
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