Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit - Days

About the role

Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. Duke Raleigh Hospital, a campus of Duke University Hospital, offers a comprehensive array of services including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care.

Responsibilities

• Independently plan and provide professional nursing care for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.
• Provide nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Plan, provide, supervise and document professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.
• Use professional nursing judgment to individualize the plan of care based on assessment of the patient's baseline needs and response to care.
• Delegate tasks and supervise the activities of other licensed and unlicensed care providers.
• Assist other nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing care and act as team leader or charge nurse for a group of patients or an entire unit as assigned.
• Maintain the environment of care including equipment and material resources.
• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings.
• Participate in the identification of clinical or operational performance improvement opportunities and in performance improvement activities.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited BSN program.
• Twelve months of appropriate clinical nursing experience is required.
• Current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina.
• BLS required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of scope of the registered nurse, licensed practical nurse and unlicensed staff.
• Knowledge of and appropriate application of the nursing process.
• Knowledge of professional theory, practice and procedure.
• Ability to assess nursing needs of acute and chronically ill patients and their families.
• Ability to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership and others.
• Ability to teach patients and families in accordance with the nursing plan of care.
• Ability to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritize information, treatment, and follow-up.
• Ability to use fine motor skills.
• Competent in BLS and/or other specialized life support requirements designated by work area.
• Ability to record activities, document assessments, plan of care, interventions, evaluation and re-evaluation of patient status.
• Ability to use computer and learn new software programs.
• Able to document and communicate pertinent information using computer and/or paper documentation tools.
• Ability to navigate the entity to provide clinical care for patients.
• Ability to withstand prolonged standing and walking.
• Ability to remain focused and organized.
• Working knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering routine and special treatments to patients.
• Working knowledge of infection control procedures and safety precautions.
• Working knowledge and completion of appropriate The Joint Commission (TJC) and other regulatory requirements.

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

• No specific benefits mentioned

Pay

• No specific pay details provided

Schedule

• 12-hour shifts (7A to 7P Nights)
• Weekend expectation: up to 96 hours per 8-week schedule
• Major holidays are assigned upon hire on a 3 year rotating schedule