Registered Nurse, Critical Care

Ability to work under stress and adapt to changing conditions.Analyze information or data.Plan sequence of operations or actions.Make decisions of moderate to substantial effects, with a variety of alternatives and moderate to substantial consequences.Use logic to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information, deal with abstract variables.Comprehend written basic instructions, safety rules, office memoranda at a high school graduate level.Ability to compose written communication using standard business English at a high school graduate level.Ability to comprehend verbal sentences and instructions at a high school graduate level.Ability to converse in Standard English at a high school graduate level.Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to assist an otherwise qualified individual in the performance of the job. In order to meet the needs of the Company employees may be assigned other duties, in addition to or in lieu of those described above













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Essential Functions and Job Duties CLINICAL JUDGEMENT - Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary. Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.CARING PRACTICES: Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff. Working on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.Promotes safety throughout patient's and family's transitions along the healthcare continuum.Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.Effectively resolves patient complaints.Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING - Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person's contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals. Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community. Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans. Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY - The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care. Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultur