Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,286 per week

Company: Accurate Staffing Consultants
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Accurate Staffing Consultants is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/09/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: TravelEssential Duties:-Education: Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.-Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.-With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.-Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.-Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.-Evaluation of Care -Identifies expected patient outcomes.-Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.-Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.-Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.-Implementation: Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.-Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.-Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.-Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.-Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.-Leadership: With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.-Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.-Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.-Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.-Effectively uses communication systems.-Participates in promoting cost-effective care.-Gives feedback to co-workers.-Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.-Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.-Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.-Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.-Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.-Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.-Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.-Planning: Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.-Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.-Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.-Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.-Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.-Research: Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.-Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.Required Certifications & Licensure:-Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).-ACLS (AHA or ARC).This includes Surgical, Neuro, Medicine, Cardiac, Cardiovascular and Burn Center. Patient care is generally 1 to 1 or a max of 1 to 3. Nurses may also float to stepdown units as needed which would involve 1 to 3 ratios.Accurate Staffing Consultants Job ID #34206610. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

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