Job description
Unit/Position Summary
When skills are not needed for crisis situations the Crisis RN will round in all units on patients admitted from the Emergency Department or transferred out of ICU in the last 24 hours and work with the administrative supervisor to provide assistance with other patient care interventions that can be interrupted for emergency calls. Crisis RN's will also partner with bedside staff to help mentor and educate as needed.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for responding to inpatient emergent/urgent patient care situations in all departments, to assist and act as RN team lead as necessary in partnership with bedside RN and charge RN.- Responsible for responding to all inpatient Obstetric Emergency/Stat calls and Boise Emergency Department Pediatric Trauma activations to support and manage any massive transfusion protocol needs
- Responsible for rounding with all inpatient charge RNs to monitor their specific floor’s most concerning patients and touch base with each bedside RN to help close any education and patient care resource gaps.
- In partnership with the provider and care team, develops, implements, and coordinates individualized plan of care for patients from initial Crisis response though on-going interventions as needed.
- Initiates assessment based on the patient’s emergent problems or needs based on the Rapid Response Protocol, the SLHS Code Blue and Code Stroke order sets and charting narrators, the physician’s medical diagnosis, and input from the multidisciplinary care team as appropriate.
- Directs and guides bedside RNs in therapeutic nursing interventions as needed.
- Documents care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities.
- Advocates for evidence-based practice care standards and supports adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery.
- Provides patient centric care in alignment with professional nursing practice model.
- When skills not needed for crisis situation Crisis RN will round in all units on patients admitted from the ED or transferred out of Critical Care in last 24 hours and work with the administrative supervisor to provide assistance with other patient care interventions that can be interrupted for emergency calls. Crisis RN also collaborates with floor charge RNs/ANMs and bedside RNs to assist in assessment and monitoring of the most critical patients on each floor per the charge RN/ANM.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Education: Bachelor of Nursing Degree
- Experience: 2 years’ experience. RNs will need a minimum of 2 years of Critical Care experience or two years of Level 1 or 2 Emergency Room experience.
- Licenses/Certifications: Current RN licensure from the State of Practice and and Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
A strong, talented staff is at the heart of St. Luke’s Health System. We are the state’s largest employer with more than 15,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. We’re proud of our people who deliver skilled, compassionate care every day, and are looking to add dedicated individuals who will continue this same tradition of excellence.
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