Registered Nurse - Critical Care - Trauma
On-siteSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments and reassessments for high-risk trauma patients in the Intensive Care Unit, including post-operative evaluations and age-appropriate admission checks. Establish and evaluate individualized plans of care that integrate evidence-based practices, pain management strategies, and infection control protocols. Administer medications, manage IV fluids, and provide specialized care for restraints and abuse assessments while ensuring accurate documentation of all interventions and physician orders. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary health team to coordinate daily care, facilitate handoff communications, and involve family members in decision-making and discharge planning. Monitor patient conditions continuously, recognize clinical changes, and report variations or risks immediately to the physician.
Required Qualifications
- Maintains current license and certifications
- Maintain up to date BLS and HI
- Annual TB Screening and Influenza vaccination
- Annual Ethics Training (Initial Ethics, if new employee)
- Annual Safety Training
- Required Information Security course
- Required Abuse & Neglect course
- Annual Blood Borne Pathogens training (if required)
- Coursework as assigned for .edu
- Annual competency
- Age/Population specific competency (if applicable)
- orientation competency (if new hire)
- Service Specific
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills of normal growth & development necessary to provide services to the age of the patient served by the department
- Demonstrates ability to assess and interpret age specific data to identify patient needs
- Utilizes communication skills necessary to interpret age specific responses to service and interaction
- Involves family or significant other in decision making related to services provided
- Demonstrates ability to provide service needed for the age groups routinely served by the department assigned
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