Staff Nurse - ICU TP American Hospital Dubai LLC

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:

  • Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.

  • Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.

  • Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.

  • Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.

  • Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs.

  • Revises the care plan as necessary.

  • Initiates appropriate transfer plan.

  • Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.

  • Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.

  • Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.

  • Performs clerical duties when needed.

  • Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).

  • Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.

• Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.

• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.

• Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.

• Ensures completion of unit competencies (i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices).

• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.

• Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).

• Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).

• Participates in ongoing educational activities.

• Maintains mandatory educational requirements.

• Performs additional duties when required.

Unit Specific:

• Performs Advanced Physical Assessment.

• Interprets Arterial Blood Gas (ABG).

• Interprets Basic ECG.

• Monitors Basic Hemodynamics, including:

  • Monitoring Arterial Pressure.

  • Monitoring Central Venous Pressure.

• Operates Bladder Scanner.

• Collects Blood Culture Samples.

• Cares for Implanted Venous Access Devices (IVAD), including:

  • Accessing Implanted Port.

  • Sampling Blood from Implanted Port.

  • Removing Non-Coring Needle from Implanted Port.

• Cares for Central Venous Access Devices (CVAD), including:

  • Sampling Blood from Central Venous Access Catheter.

  • Flushing and Locking Central Venous Access Catheter.

  • Changing Dressing on Central Venous Catheter.

  • Changing Needless Connector and Line Tubing on Central Venous Catheter.

• Prepares Chest Tubes, including:

  • Monitoring and Caring for Chest Tube Drainage System.

  • Setting up Chest Tube Drainage System.

• Provides Care for Dying Patients.

• Demonstrates competency in Epidural Management (Programming, Care, Discontinuation).

• Inserts Internal Fecal Containment Device.

• Monitors Intra-Abdominal Pressure.

• Insertion assistance, monitors, and cares for Intracranial Pressure Catheter.

• Uses Ketone Meter.

• Handles Mechanically Ventilated Patients, including:

  • Suctioning Trachea of Intubated Patients.

  • Removing Endotracheal Tubes.

  • Intubating with Direct Visualization.

  • Providing Positive Pressure Mechanical Ventilation.

  • Mobilizing Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation.

  • Monitoring and Caring for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation.

  • Weaning Patients off Mechanical Ventilation.

  • Applying Non-invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation.

• Demonstrates competency in Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pump Use.

• Performs Procedural Sedation for Non-Anesthesia Nurses.

• Provides Care for Tracheostomies, including:

  • Suctioning Tracheostomies.

  • Caring for Tracheostomy Cannula and Stoma.

  • Cleaning Tracheostomy Tube Outer Cannula and Stoma.

• Uses Defibrillator for:

  • Cardioversion

  • Defibrillation

  • Transcutaneous Pacing