Registered Nurse
Job Description
The ICU Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for delivering comprehensive, high-acuity nursing care to critically ill or unstable patients within the Intensive Care Unit. The role ensures the successful execution of continuous physiological tracking, advanced respiratory support tracking, and critical-care medication titrations while maintaining exceptional quality controls and split-second emergency responses.
Required Qualifications * Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN preferred) from an approved institutional nursing academy.
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Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) License in the state of New Mexico (or multi-state compact license).
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Valid Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) credentials.
Preferred Skills * Precise cardiac telemetry monitoring interpretation, mechanical circulatory support protocols, and intensive airway management talents.
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CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse) national designation is highly preferred.
Responsibilities Duties:
Key Responsibilities * Coordinate and execute continuous high-acuity nursing evaluations, prioritizing care for unstable, critically ill patients across the unit tracking system.
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Prepare and implement personalized intensive care blueprints, tracking complex multi-system diagnostics and laboratory layouts.
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Administer prescribed critical-care medications, intravenous vasoactive titrations, and advanced blood product therapies according to physician orders.
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Coordinate with critical care intensivists, respiratory therapists, case management departments, and specialized surgical cohorts.
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Monitor continuous hemodynamic parameters and multi-system telemetry, promptly addressing sudden physiological declines or cardiac arrests.
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Maintain absolute charting alignment satisfying federal coding, core measures, and intensive clinical reporting guidelines.