Travel Nurse RN - ICU/Critical Care in Salt Lake City, UT

Company: Cynet Health
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: September 25, 2024

Job Description:

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Job Specialty: Float Pool ICU/CCU Job Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12-hour night shift; 3x12-hour shifts per week Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week Experience: One year experience preferred; nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty License: State RN license or RN license from a participating state in the NLC Certifications: - American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification - Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Must-Have: English proficiency (Speak, Read, Write) Job Description: - Assess patient---s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records, and clinical data. - Evaluate patient---s response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcomes. - Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. - Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including IVs, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections. - Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient. - Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability. Evaluate effectiveness of teaching. - Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient---s preferences, values, and needs. - Deliver relationship-based care with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience. - Delegate to non-RN personnel in accordance with State Board of Nursing and hospital policy. - Use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies effectively to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care. - Serve as a professional role model, demonstrating ethical/legal/professional nursing process. - Manage resources and patient flow by matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs. - Use standards of care, hospital policies/procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide practice. - Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. - Precept/mentor new staff or nursing students as needed. - Seek out learning opportunities and continuing education to maintain skills and competence. - Maintain professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning. - Evaluate personal integrity and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations. - Demonstrate a commitment to the organization through ongoing participation in hospital and unit-based meetings. - Understand the value of measurement and the importance of continuous quality improvement data. - Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, patient experiences, and safe delivery of care. - Participate in unit-based Quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities. - Use current healthcare research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues. - Floating may be required to any designated location within 60 miles of the original assignment location; float assignments may include duties outside of original assignment job requirements in accordance with policy.

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