Critical Care Registered Nurse - San Antonio, TX
Core
Critical Care Registered Nurse providing direct patient care, monitoring, and treatment for medically/surgically unstable patients in a Veterans Health Care System.
Role type
Critical Care Registered Nurse (Contract Contingent)
Builds
Direct patient care services and clinical support for expanded VA operations
Domain
Healthcare / Critical Care / Veterans Affairs
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Critical care nursing, patient assessment, care plan formulation, drug administration and titration, physiological monitoring, IV insertion, Foley catheter insertion, 12-lead EKG, mechanical ventilator operation, defibrillator use, lab specimen collection
Preferred skills
ACLS protocol competency, BLS certification, universal protocol adherence, hand-off documentation, patient and family teaching
Technologies
Mechanical ventilators, IV infusion pumps, Zoll defibrillators, crash carts, bedside monitors, transport monitors, Accu-check glucometers
Responsibilities
Assess physiological and psychological health status, formulate and implement nursing care plans, administer drugs and solutions, monitor patients physiologically, perform 12-lead EKGs, collect lab specimens, insert IVs and Foley catheters, operate critical care equipment, provide patient and family teaching, maintain ER performance measures
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on clinical staff
