RN Staff Nurse II

Title: RN Staff Nurse II - IMCU

Responsibilities:

• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends and families.
• Promote patient independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends and family to understand disease process, medications, and self-care skills, and provide time to answer questions.
• Assure quality care by adhering to therapeutic standards measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending adjustments to the patient’s needs.
• The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimum patient care
• Aid individuals in a manner that considers their special needs, age-related and cultural-related needs.
• Recognize the roles of the interdisciplinary team, patient and family care partners and utilizes them appropriately as resources in planning patient care.

Requirements

• BLS Provider obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Maryland Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
• Approved Local Exception preferred. For use with unique Union job requirements only. Remove if not for Union.
• Drivers License preferred.

Education:

• Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required.