Staff Nurse
Requisition Id:
8456
- Individualized assessment is made by the SICU nurse to determine the immediate needs of the critical care patient.
- Ongoing assessment is then established to keep tabs on the patient's condition and make any changes in treatment based on hospital policy, procedure and protocol.
- Assessment helps the nurse and other hospital staff determines what plan of action to take in care of the patient.
- Assessment also allows the SICU nurse to educate the patient and her family on what to expect in the days, weeks and months following SICU treatment.
- Following doctor or head nurse instructions, the SICU nurse performs treatments and therapies for the patient.
- She gives the patient all necessary medication. If the patient lapses into cardiac arrest or another condition that requires resuscitation, the nurse follow hospital protocols and administers life-saving techniques.
- When a patient's condition changes rapidly, the nurse makes quick decisions to treat the patient effectively.
- As shift changes occur, it is the nurse's duty to inform the relief nurse of all patient care information.
- If the patient requires special procedures, the SICU nurse acts as an assistant to the doctor or head nurse.
- Documentation of assessments and drug therapy is recorded by the SICU nurse.