Job Description & Requirements
Intensive Care Nurse - ICU Nurse
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In 2015, US News and World Report has ranked this 464 bed facility in the heart of Los Angeles as the #10 top ranking medical center! In 2013 was Voted America's Best Hospital for Patient Experience in 2012 by Women's Choice Awards! Even when we rank at the top of the industry we continue to make dramatic gains in a broad range of areas from treatment of hypertension and asthma to breast cancer screening - often reaching the top ten percent of all health care providers nationally. As one of the nations "Top Hospitals" with an "A" grade for Patient Safety, our dedicated physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals provide care to more than 25,000 patients admitted to our hospital and an additional 750,000 patients through our outpatient clinics.
Additional Unit Information: Critical Care
CCU Unit will float to ICU/CSU/ICSU/Tele
Total # of beds in the unit: 32. Nurse to patient ratios 1:1, 1:2 for all shifts. No Ancillary Staff. Type of Patient: Adult. Staff works in 12 hour shifts. Unit patient population: Coronary Artery Disease patients, ie MI, Chest Pain, Angina, post-cardiac cath, CHF, COPD, and over-flow of open-heart patients, Post EPS, ICD placement. Special Unit Procedures that could cause ethical issues: Blood products/transfusions. Documentation System: Electronic documentation. Manual forms during downtime