Neuro ICU RN
You'll make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures and carry out patient care plans every day.
Posted Sep 12
- Shift and hours
- Nights36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Neuro ICU · Hospital Neuro ICU RN
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TX
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse: TX
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Houston staff RN rolesHouston staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $42/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $35/hr, across 188 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
Benefits
- Benefitsprescription drug coverageprescription drug
- Benefitsvision plansvision plans
- Benefitslife insurancelife insurance
- Benefitspaid time offpaid time off
- Benefitstuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
- Benefitsretirement planretirement plan
More benefits (3)
- medical
- prescription drug
- dental
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Day to day
- admission and ongoing patient assessment Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition.
- Day to day
- notifying the doctor of changes in assessment Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
- Day to day
- patient and family teaching and discharge planning Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge.
- Day to day
- preparing patients for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety.
- Day to day
- bedside shift report including family participation Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation.
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for 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.
Original listing
Posted on CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
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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.
- ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
- Planning: Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
- Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
- Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.
- Report
Skills
Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from
What's around it?
Houston, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $1,361/mo
- Household income
- $64,813/yr, all local households, not nurse pay