RN - ICU Step Down

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 7:30 PM 8:00 AM

Duties:

• RN to patient ratio 1:4 ranging from young adult to geriatric
• Monitoring patients with medical equipment such as catheters feeding tubes tracheostomies ventilators and cardiac monitors
• Care for patients transitioning out of the ICU requiring more care and attention than patients on a general medicalsurgical unit
• Frequent patient assessments and proper escalation of a patients change in medical condition
• Responding to cardiac arrest and rapid response codes

Skills:

• Evidence of graduation from an accredited National League of Nursing School.
• Baccalaureate degree or satisfactory equivalent combination of training education and experience
• Licensed to practice as a professional nurse in New York State
• Two years of the following experience is required: Medical/Surgical SD or ICU experience IV Insertion phlebotomy and conscious sedation
• BLS & ACLS certification
• Demonstrates satisfactory completion of agespecific competency.

License/Certification:

• ACLS
• BLS
• Phlebotomist
• RN
• RN License