Registered Nurse (ICU)

Alpha Home Health and Hospice; Bowling Green (KY); In loco; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

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Alpha Home Health and Hospice in Bowling Green, KY seeks an experienced intensive care nurse to deliver high-acuity patient care in partnership with physicians and a multidisciplinary team.

You will assess patients and determine priorities, administer medications and bedside care, monitor ventilator status, document outcomes, educate families on care plans, and help coordinate safe discharge planning.

Competenze

• Strong critical care nursing expertise and ability to manage complex, high-acuity patients.
• Proficiency with medication administration, monitoring, and ventilator-related care.
• Excellent clinical judgment, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Accurate documentation and patient/family education skills.

Mansioni

• Assess patients and determine immediate nursing priorities.
• Administer medications and deliver bedside care.
• Continuously monitor vital signs and ventilator status, responding to clinical changes.
• Document patient condition, interventions, and outcomes in accordance with clinical standards.
• Educate patients and families on care plans and discharge expectations.
• Coordinate discharge needs with the care team to support safe transitions.

Conoscenze

Critical care nursing

Ventilator care

Medication administration

Clinical judgment

Communication

Teamwork

Documentation

Patient education

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Provide and coordinate intensive care to critically ill patients in partnership with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess patients and determine immediate nursing priorities.
• Administer medications and deliver bedside care.
• Continuously monitor vital signs and ventilator status, responding to clinical changes.
• Document patient condition, interventions, and outcomes in accordance with clinical standards.
• Educate patients and families on care plans and discharge expectations.
• Coordinate discharge needs with the care team to support safe transitions.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong critical care nursing expertise and ability to manage complex, high-acuity patients.
• Proficiency with medication administration, monitoring, and ventilator-related care.
• Excellent clinical judgment, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Accurate documentation and patient/family education skills.