Job Details
Job Location
DETROIT, MI - ,
Position Type
Full Time
Description
A-Team Solutions LLC is seeking Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses to work in the VA Healthcare system.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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.
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.
Accept verbal orders in compliance with the facility policy.
Intake and output assessment every shift, and more frequently if indicated by specific standard nursing drug care.
Review all laboratory data, and electronic medical records.
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.
Perform urinary catheter care by using soap and water cleaning technique every twelve hours or as required.
Ensure medication orders from the previous shift have been noted and either carried out or transcribed onto the medical records appropriately.
Other Registered Nurse (RN) duties as assigned.
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA
Requirements
Fully licensed, and unrestricted, in any state or territory of the U.S. or the District of Columbia
A graduate of a school of nursing accredited by the National League of Nursing (NLN) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications
At least two (2) years recent ICU experience
Experience using computers
Must be authorized to work in U.S.
For more information about the position, contact Lara Gullett at 606-356-3960.
For more information about A-Team Solutions LLC, visit .
