Certification Details CA RN license CPR ACLS NIH Job Details Provides care to patient and family care that progresses them towards self-identified, holistic, and individualized goals. Performs nursing process through individualized assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe, therapeutic, efficient care for patients. Promotes quality outcomes. Collaborates or seeks additional resources as needed in the management of complex, new/unusual, or other high-risk clinical situations. Serves as patient and family advocate in ensuring excellent and satisfying care. Job Requirements The Registered Nurse is the direct and indirect provider of safe and therapeutic care for an assigned group of patients. Care is individualized and age specific using the nursing process. Unit Specific Information SICU, MICU, LVAD, RVAD, CRRT experience Additional Details Assesses the need of patients and families, identifies and prioritizes overt and subtle patient and family needs and goals. Develops a plan of action in concert with patient, family and other healthcare team members. Implements and adapts the comprehensive, age/culturally appropriate plans using nursing interventions with patient/family. Evaluates patient's and family's progress towards goals and determines the need to alter goals and interventions. Identifies and responds to patient/family educational needs through an individualized educational plan. Recognizes barriers to communication with the patient and family and seeks interdisciplinary expertise to establish a therapeutic relationship. Serves as a patient advocate through encouraging patient and family participation in decision-making and acting to uphold individual/family rights. Delegates / assigns care to other healthcare team members which is within their scope of practice/competency to perform. Coordinates, integrates, and intervenes with other healthcare team to impact well being of patient /family. Communicates patient and family care needs through documentation per department /entity guideline of care and policies and procedures.