Travel: RN - Critical Care

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