Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,219 per week

Job Posted 11/16/2024

Centura Health Corporation - 2222 North Nevada Avenue

Colorado Springs, CO

United States

Category Healthcare & Nursing Jobs

Job Description

Job DetailsAssumes responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team, and the patient/family to identify and meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient.Promotes the optimal health, well-being and safety of the patient through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act.Demonstrates personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.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 but not limited to IV’s, incision/ wound care, medication administration, catheterization and specimen collections.Promote, advocate and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.Provide teaching and 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.Provide relationship-based care in which the nurse strives to understand what is most important to the individual and actively engage them in all aspects of care.Delegates to non-RN personnel in accordance with State Board of Nursing and hospital policy.Effectively uses time, personnel, equipment and supplies to provide high quality, cost effective patient care.Professional role model for all staff demonstrating ethical/legal/professional nursing process.Manages resources and patient flow through matching nursing competencies with individualized patient’s and unit needs.Uses 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.Precepts/mentors new staff or nursing students as needed.Seeks out learning opportunities and continuing education.Seeks experiences that reflect current practice in order to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.Evaluates one’s own integrity and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.Takes action to achieve goals identified during the evaluation process.Demonstrates a commitment to the organization through ongoing participation at hospital and unit based meetings.Verbalizes an understanding of 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.

Job RequirementsMinimum Experience Requirements: One year experience preferredNursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty

Additional DetailsFloat Requirements: -Floating may be required to any Centura location within sixty (60) miles of the original assignment location or Centura-identified “float zone”.Float assignments may include duties outside of original assignment job requirements (including skill set) in accordance with Centura policy.