Registered Nurse Medical ICU Nights -VUH

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Organization:

MICU

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse on the Medical ICU applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning, effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team, collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes and furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.

Shift
The MICU has a night shift opening. Hours are 7pm-7am for 36 hours per week. Three (3) 12-hour shifts per week.

Unit
The Medical Intensive Care Unit, also known as the MICU, is located on the eighth (8th) floor of the Critical Care Tower (8CCT) at Vanderbilt University Hospital.

We have 34 beds and our standard nurse to patient ratio is 1:2.

The environment on our unit is upbeat, challenging, and embraces a strong team collaboration with nurses and physicians participating in rounding.

We care for critically ill adult patients ranging in age from 18 years and older who are being treated for Acute Respiratory Failure, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Multisystem Organ System Failure, Sepsis, Drug Overdoses, Gastrointestinal Bleeds, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hypertensive Crisis, Acute/Chronic Renal Failure, and Liver Failure/Cirrhosis.

Our patients are unique because of the variety of patients admitted to the MICU which allows for the development of critical thinking and intensive care assessment skills.

One of the perks of working on our unit is the staff’s involvement in clinical research. Seeing practice changes throughout the country based on research done in this unit has encouraged other staff and faculty members to develop new research trials and pilots.

Our nurses are successful because they have strong communication skills to collaborate with other members of the health care team, have the ability to take ownership in shared decision making, and develop a very broad set of skills to care for a wide range of patient diagnoses.

We orient new nurses to our unit by providing an individualized 12-week orientation. New nurses also attend a MICU Education Day focused on topics specific to the MICU.

Our unit is in the Adult Critical Care Medicine track of the Nurse Residency Program.

Resources:
• Charge nurse (one on day shift, one on nights- charge nurse does not have a patient assignment)
• Help All nurse (floats throughout the shift helping with procedures, admissions, etc.)
• MICU Nurse Practitioners- present on unit 24/7
• MICU doctors- 2 different teams of Attendings, Fellows, Residents, and Interns- 24/7 presence on unit.

We encourage professional growth.
If your career goal is to develop a broad range of critical care skills and knowledge, the Medical Intensive Care Unit provides a strong foundation for learning in a collaborative team environment.

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education, and research.
We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered:

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and /or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!

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