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Are
you passionate about delivering superior, patient-centered care? At HCA
Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity.
We care like family! Jump-start your career as an Intensive Care RN today with .

Nurse

You
contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and
you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated ICU RN like you to be a
part of our team.

ICU nurses work quickly, efficiently, independently, and
meticulously. In order to treat the most critical patients in the most
thorough manner, critical care nurses use their specialized skills and
extensive knowledge of disease pathology to provide interventions that sustain
life.

• 15-bed high acuity Surgical
     ICU
• Teamwork is the core of how we
     operate! Leadership and staff are supportive and engaged
• Patient safety and satisfaction
     are our number one priority

• Through
  assessment of the patient’s physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual,
  emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs, problems are
  identified and documented in the clinical record and communicated to the
  physician, case manager, and ancillary departments when appropriate
• Appropriate
  standards of care, care plans, and interventions are initiated, professionally
  modified, and communicated to the patient and other members of the healthcare
  team
• Able
  to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on
  physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate
  to the following age groups:  pediatric, children, adolescent, adult,
  geriatric
• Provides
  patient/family health education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports
  recovery, and enables the patient/family to be involved in decisions about
  their own care
• The
  patient’s responses to interventions and progress toward desired outcomes are
  assessed, re-assessed, evaluated, and documented in the clinical record
• Patient
  care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other
  members of the healthcare team
• Physicians’
  orders are carried out accurately and efficiently, and clarified when necessary
• Adverse
  or sudden changes in the patient’s conditions are promptly communicated to the
  physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and
  pertinent data
• Able
  to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands the proper
  reporting mechanism
• Able
  to recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper
  reporting mechanism once reaction is identified
• Appropriately
  assesses the patient’s pain and involves the patient in effective management of
  that pain using appropriate interventions
• Able
  to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for administration of blood
  and blood products and appropriately monitors the patient receiving blood/blood
  products for any transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction is
  recognized
• Patient
  care equipment is utilized safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital
  policies and procedures
• Standard
  precautions are promoted and followed in the utilization of principles of
  infection control in patient care
• Achieves
  stated goals related to job performance
• Educational
  attendance records reveal attendance at all required educational programs/in-services

Qualifications

• Graduate of a Nursing Program from an accredited school
• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State
  of Louisiana
• CPR for Healthcare Providers to be completed within 30 days of
  hire
• ACLS to be completed within 30 days of hire

Rapides Regional Medical Center is an award-winning 350+ bed
hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana that offers a wide array of services
ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care, and our medical staff includes doctors
in more than 30 medical specialties.

At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are
the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you
contribute to the positive culture of the hospital, which directly impacts the
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