Registered Nurse (RN -CN 1), Night Shift, Medical Intensive Care Unit, ONA

Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) - 24-bed unit.

Population served: Encompass the broad spectrum of critically ill patients in medicine including but not limited to sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, suicides, end-stage liver disease, end-stage renal disease, gastro-intestinal bleeds, acute respiratory distress syndrome, Pneumonia, Communicable diseases, end-of-life care, Post Arrest Care and patients that have acute on chronic medical issues/comorbidities. Bedside procedures- intubations, lines, and bronchs, Level 1, Minnesota tube, manual proning, and bedside CRRT.

Patients are typically admitted to this unit from the Emergency Department, outside facilities, and various units within our facility. There is a collaboration of interdisciplinary teams which is essential to the care provided to these patient populations. All patients admitted to this unit are under the care of Pulmonary Faculty attendants with physician coverage 24/7. MICU Nursing staff respond to all rapids and codes in the hospital. MICU maintains the arrest bed 24/7 for rapidly declining patients in the hospital environment.

Orientation in this unit for RNs is 10-12 weeks depending on the experience level of the RN. The goal of care in this unit is to provide highly skilled complex nursing care to provide stabilization to the critical needs of the patient.

About the University of Cincinnati Medical Center

As part of the Clifton Campus of UC Health, Greater Cincinnati’s academic health system, the University of Cincinnati Medical Center has served Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for nearly 200 years. Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive care from our world-renowned clinicians and care team. Our experts utilize the most advanced medical knowledge and technology available, providing a level of specialty and subspecialty medical care that is not available anywhere else in Greater Cincinnati.

UC Medical Center is also home to medical breakthroughs- our physician experts conduct basic, translational, and clinical research, leading to new therapies and care protocols, and connecting patients to the latest and most advanced treatments. UC Medical Center houses Greater Cincinnati’s only Level I adult trauma center, which includes the right mix of specialist and medical resources available at a moment’s notice for a wide variety of the most complex medical conditions and injuries.

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