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Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,146 per week - Salisbury Maryland
Company: Wellspring Nurse Source
Location: Salisbury, Maryland
Posted On: 01/19/2025
Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Salisbury, Maryland.Job Description & Requirements - Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 02/10/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: TravelJob Title: ICU Registered Nurse (RN)**
Job Summary:
An 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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide continuous, comprehensive care to critically ill patients, monitoring vital signs, and managing life support systems.
- Assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans based on patient needs, using advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking.
- Administer medications, blood products, and interventions for managing acute conditions such as respiratory failure, cardiovascular instability, trauma, infections, and post-surgical care.
- Monitor and interpret complex medical equipment, such as ventilators, monitors, and infusion pumps, to ensure patients receive appropriate care.
- Collaborate with physicians, intensivists, and interdisciplinary teams to provide timely interventions and manage critical care treatments.
- Perform advanced clinical procedures, including arterial and central line placement, intubation, and blood gas analysis.
- Provide advanced nursing care for patients receiving intensive therapies, such as mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy (dialysis), and vasoactive medications.
- Monitor and respond to life-threatening complications such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and organ failure.
- Educate patients and families about critical care conditions, treatment plans, and recovery processes.
- Document patient care accurately, thoroughly, and in compliance with ICU standards and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as a resource to other nursing staff, providing clinical guidance, mentorship, and support in critical care settings.
- Maintain a safe environment, adhering to infection control practices and ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) accepted.
- Licensure:
- Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
- Certification:
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