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Key Responsibilities Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill and high-acuity patients in L&D Perform comprehensive head-to-toe assessments, identify changes in patient condition, and initiate timely interventions. Monitor patients with complex medical, cardiac, respiratory, and post-operative conditions requiring continuous monitoring. Manage patients requiring telemetry, cardiac monitoring, oxygen therapy, BiPAP/CPAP, and other advanced respiratory support.
Titrate and administer IV medications, including vasoactive, antiarrhythmic, anticoagulant, insulin, and pain management medications per protocol. Monitor hemodynamic status, vital signs, neurological status, cardiac rhythms, and laboratory results; promptly report significant changes. Manage central lines, PICC lines, arterial lines, drains, Foley catheters, and other invasive devices while maintaining infection-control standards.
Recognize and respond to clinical deterioration, including arrhythmias, respiratory distress, sepsis, hypotension, and other emergent conditions. Participate in rapid response and emergency situations, including code blue, CPR, and advanced life-support interventions as applicable. Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, case managers, and multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
About the role
Perform comprehensive head-to-toe assessments, identify changes in patient condition, and initiate timely interventions.