Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, FL
Department Critical Care Job Summary Welcome to our Critical Care Nursing Department! Provides professional and skilled nursing care to patients using the “patient centered care” model of SMHCS (policy 126.054) in accordance with the ANA and AACN’s Standards of Professional Practice. We are a 62 bed unit with 3 areas of specialties that you can work in. Med/Surg/Neuro: Patient Population : patients with a primary medical and neuro diagnosis requiring complex nursing assessment skills and care including but not limited to: Acute Strokes receiving thrombolytics/endovascular treatments Cardiac arrest/ hypothermia Craniotomies/ Ventriculostomy CRRT Managing patients on ventilators/Bipap Titration of vasoactive medications (inotropes, vasopressors, vasodilators) Initiation and titrating sedation/analgesic drips *Opportunities for Novice and Experienced Nurses : Individualized orientation Nurse Residency for all new graduates...