Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,459 per week - Mesa Arizona

Company: Wellspring Nurse Source
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Posted On: 01/14/2025

Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Mesa, Arizona.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 02/03/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: TravelJob Title: ICU Registered Nurse (RN)**\nJob Summary:\nAn ICU Registered Nurse (RN) provides specialized, high-acuity care to critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The ICU RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care for patients experiencing life-threatening conditions, ensuring the highest level of clinical expertise, monitoring, and interventions to support optimal patient outcomes.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n
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  • Provide continuous, comprehensive care to critically ill patients, monitoring vital signs, and managing life support systems.\n
  • Assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans based on patient needs, using advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking.\n
  • Administer medications, blood products, and interventions for managing acute conditions such as respiratory failure, cardiovascular instability, trauma, infections, and post-surgical care.\n
  • Monitor and interpret complex medical equipment, such as ventilators, monitors, and infusion pumps, to ensure patients receive appropriate care.\n
  • Collaborate with physicians, intensivists, and interdisciplinary teams to provide timely interventions and manage critical care treatments.\n
  • Perform advanced clinical procedures, including arterial and central line placement, intubation, and blood gas analysis.\n
  • Provide advanced nursing care for patients receiving intensive therapies, such as mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy (dialysis), and vasoactive medications.\n
  • Monitor and respond to life-threatening complications such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and organ failure.\n
  • Educate patients and families about critical care conditions, treatment plans, and recovery processes.\n
  • Document patient care accurately, thoroughly, and in compliance with ICU standards and regulatory requirements.\n
  • Serve as a resource to other nursing staff, providing clinical guidance, mentorship, and support in critical care settings.\n
  • Maintain a safe environment, adhering to infection control practices and ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\n\nQualifications:\n
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    • Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) accepted.\n
    • Licensure:\n
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      • Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.\n\n\n
      • Certification:\n
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        • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.\n
        • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required\n\n\nWellspring Nurse Source Job ID #29993767. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN:ICU,19:00:00-07:00:00About Wellspring Nurse SourceWellspring is nurse owned and operated which means that we get you, we stand behind you, and we advocate for you.-- We are 100% committed to helping you find your best job at the best rate.-- We are unwavering in our commitment to supporting our clinicians on every step of their travel adventure, assisting with everything from onboarding and payroll to on-the-job clinical support with a dedicated Clinician Success Team.-- You're not just a number at Wellspring, you're a valued member of our family.-- Join us and experience the Wellspring difference. More...

              

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