Iowa City, IA30+ days ago
Characteristic Duties of our Staff Nurses include but are not limited to: • Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness • Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations • Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings • Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes • Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses • Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response • Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan • Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care • Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. The SNICU provides a full range of intensive care services, using advanced monitoring techniques and equipment including: • Pulmonary artery catheters • Arterial lines • Intracranial pressure monitoring and CSF drainage • Ventilatory support • Continuous infusion of vasoactive medications • Care for micro-vascular reconstruction • Advanced neurological monitoring • Multiple renal replacement therapies (CRRT) • Nitric oxide • Hypothermia Management • Pentobarbital Comas.