ICU RN
You'll work in a 16-bed critical care unit caring for patients with many disease processes.
Posted Oct 1
- Unit and setting
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) · Hospital incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to care for patients with many disease processespatients with many disease processes
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire andRegistered Nurse licence in Nebraska
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse licence in Nebraska Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and Check your license
- Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Education
- Graduate of an RN nursing program Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Nebraska staff rolesNebraska staff postings that state pay run $27/hr to $46/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $44/hr, across 331 postings.
- Bonus
- Sign-on bonusto new hires that meet eligibility requirements
Benefits
- BenefitsEducation assistanceWe are offering a Sign-on Bonus and Education Assistance to new hires that meet eligibility requirements.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- critical assessments and skilled procedures making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures
- Day to day
- patient care coordination, education and discharge planning This includes care coordination, education and discharge planning.
- Unit size
- 16-bed ICU The Intensive Care Unit at CHI Health St. Elizabeth is a 16-bed critical care unit
- Details
- 260-bed hospital CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb.
- Details
- ICU holds Beacon Award for Excellence, Gold status, from AACN The ICU is a Beacon Award for Excellence - Gold Status recipient from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026 · ANCC.
- Hospital
- CHI Health ST. Elizabeth
- Address
- 555 SOUTH 70TH ST, LINCOLN, NE, 68510
- CMS rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 137
- Magnet
- Designated since 2004
- RN residency
- Commonspirit Hlth Nrp-Central Region NE/IA Markets at CHI Health St. Elizabeth, accredited through Jul 2030
About CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
Follow the nursing process which includes: assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. The nursing process is an ongoing process that can end at any stage. Assessment - Demonstrates a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze the following healthcare consumer data including: psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic and lifestyle factors Plan – Sets measurable and achievable short and long term goals according to standards of care based on the assessment by the nurse in collaboration with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team.
Implement – Implements and/or modifies the plan of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning based upon standards of care and evidence based practice. This includes care coordination, education and discharge planning. The nurse is accountable for the care directly, indirectly or through delegation.
Professional and legal standards for delegation must be followed. Evaluate – Uses a systematic ongoing process to evaluate progress towards identified healthcare consumer goals. Revision of plan of care when needed involving the healthcare consumer and the multidisciplinary team.
Documents all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s record.
We are offering a Sign-on Bonus and Education Assistance to new hires that meet eligibility requirements.
Job Requirements
- Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 5 - months
Where You'll Work
CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb. St. Elizabeth specializes in the treatment areas of newborn and pediatric care, women’s health, burn and wound, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, orthopedics and neuroscience.
The Intensive Care Unit at CHI Health St. Elizabeth is a 16-bed critical care unit, incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to care for patients with many disease processes. The ICU is a Beacon Award for Excellence – Gold Status recipient from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), signifying excellence in quality, safety, and experience..
Pay Range
$36.00 - $52.20 /hour
What's around it?
Lincoln, NEFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 8% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,086/mo
- Household income
- $71,867/yr, all local households, not nurse pay