Job Title: Travel: RN – Critical Care
Location: Alexandria, LA 71301
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift/Schedule: 7PM – 7AM
Job Responsibilities:
- The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.
- Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing.
- Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.
- Meets expectations of the applicable client Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Consistent with the ANA Product and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
- Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
- Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
- Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
- Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.
Requirements:
- BLS certification from AHA required
- ACLS certification from AHA required
- RN License in state of employment or compact
Education/Skills:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred
Experience
- 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred
Additional Details:
- Type of patients on the unit: DKA, Acute Respiratory Failure, MIs, CABGs, Ventilators etc. It is a mixed cardiac and medical ICU.
- Blocked scheduling accommodated: No
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- On Call Requirement: No call
- Floating Requirement / Locations: No floating
- Nurse / Patient Ratio: 2:1 for ICU patients and 4:1 for IMCU patients in the ICU