Registered Nurse - CICU
Core
Provide critical care to patients with complex cardiac conditions in a Coronary Intensive Care Unit (CICU), managing invasive monitoring and life-support therapies.
Role type
Registered Nurse (Critical Care/Cardiology)
Builds
Individualized patient care plans and safe clinical interventions
Domain
Healthcare - Cardiology / Critical Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Invasive arterial and hemodynamic monitoring, intra-aortic balloon pump management, continuous veno-venous renal therapy dialysis, critical care assessment, care planning, implementation, evaluation, patient advocacy, documentation, multi-tasking, composure under pressure
Preferred skills
B.Sc. N., previous CICU/ICU experience
Responsibilities
Systematically collect patient health data for assessment and diagnosis, identify priorities and strategies for individualized care plans, safely perform interventions directed by care plans, evaluate patient outcomes, provide educational guidance to patients, document patient records, act as patient advocate, care for patients with invasive monitoring and life-support devices