Sarasota Memorial Health Care System·Sarasota, Florida
Provide professional nursing care to trauma patients using a patient-centered model in a 62-bed critical care unit. Responsibilities include managing ventilators, titrating vasoactive medications, and caring for patients with traumatic brain injuries or orthopedic abnormalities.
Welcome to our Critical Care Nursing Department!
Provides professional and skilled nursing care to patients using the “patient centered care” model of SMHCS (policy 126.054) in accordance with the ANA and AACN’s Standards of Professional Practice.
We are a 62 bed unit with 3 areas of specialties that you can work in.
Trauma ICU: Patient Population: patients with a primary traumatic diagnosis requiring complex nursing assessment skills and care including but not limited to: Any trauma related fractures or orthopedic abnormalities requiring surgical intervention or traction application, splinting, splinting, casts, or other skeletal immobilization.
Acute Traumatic Brain Injuries with potential for ventriculostomies Any trauma related injuries requiring surgery CRRT Managing patients on ventilators/Bipap Titration of vasoactive medications (inotropes, vasopressors, vasodilators) Initiation and titrating sedation/analgesic drips *Opportunities for Novice and Experienced Nurses: Individualized orientation Nurse Residency for all new graduates with the implementation of ECCO (essentials of critical care orientation) Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities for paid certification and incentivized pay including but not limited to CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse), TCAR Critical Care Internship with knowledge base lecture series provided in the department
BLS (Basic Life Support) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support); required for experienced RN, has to be completed by end of orientation for the novice Critical Care RN Successful completion of Basic Arrhythmia test within 90 days of date of hire BSN requirement within 5 years of date of hire for the ASN candidate Required basic working knowledge of commonly used computer applications including but not limited to Microsoft
BSN: Bachelor of Science Nursing
Required License and Certs
As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/
Market context
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