Registered Nurse - ICU Days & Nights-San Antonio TX-Salary from $60k to $84k/yr

Location
San Antonio TX

Job Type
Full-Time Regular

Department
Intensive Care Unit

Top Client in need of Registered Nurse - ICU Days & Nights

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) is the patient and patient's family
advocate. The RN consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process,
critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and
leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to
patients. The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve
quality patient outcomes. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills
effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within
nursing by active engagement in unit and organizational activities.
Demonstrates team work, adaptability, and is a resource person to the
patient care team. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing care
services delivered by self or others under their direction in
accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act, hospital policies, and the
Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks (Chapter 224).

Job Responsibilities

• Assessment: Conducts comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused
  physical, psycho- social and pain assessments; includes assessment of
  patient education needs.


• Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes
  nursing diagnoses, and formulates goals, teaching plans and outcomes to
  create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient
  goals, readiness to learn and incorporates family into the plan of care.
  Implementation: Prioritizes and implements a competent, prioritized and
  efficient nursing plan of care.


• Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conducts timely evaluation,
  anticipates and recognizes changes in patient conditions, determines
  when reassessments are needed and adjusts the plan of care as necessary.
  Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the
  plan of care.

Qualifications

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree nursing program.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

• RN License to practice as a professional registered nursing in the state of Texas


• BLS Certification required

Experience/ Skills:

• Minimum of 2 year clinical experience as a licensed RN


• Minimum of 2 years clinical experience in the Intensive Care Unit