Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,662 per week

Company: Wellspring Nurse Source
Location: Grand Forks
Posted on: January 30, 2025

Job Description:

Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Grand Forks, North Dakota.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: TravelJob Title: ICU Registered Nurse (RN)**
  Job Summary:
  An ICU Registered Nurse (RN) provides specialized, high-acuity care to critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The ICU RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care for patients experiencing life-threatening conditions, ensuring the highest level of clinical expertise, monitoring, and interventions to support optimal patient outcomes.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  
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  • Provide continuous, comprehensive care to critically ill patients, monitoring vital signs, and managing life support systems.
    
  • Assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans based on patient needs, using advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking.
    
  • Administer medications, blood products, and interventions for managing acute conditions such as respiratory failure, cardiovascular instability, trauma, infections, and post-surgical care.
    
  • Monitor and interpret complex medical equipment, such as ventilators, monitors, and infusion pumps, to ensure patients receive appropriate care.
    
  • Collaborate with physicians, intensivists, and interdisciplinary teams to provide timely interventions and manage critical care treatments.
    
  • Perform advanced clinical procedures, including arterial and central line placement, intubation, and blood gas analysis.
    
  • Provide advanced nursing care for patients receiving intensive therapies, such as mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy (dialysis), and vasoactive medications.
    
  • Monitor and respond to life-threatening complications such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and organ failure.
    
  • Educate patients and families about critical care conditions, treatment plans, and recovery processes.
    
  • Document patient care accurately, thoroughly, and in compliance with ICU standards and regulatory requirements.
    
  • Serve as a resource to other nursing staff, providing clinical guidance, mentorship, and support in critical care settings.
    
  • Maintain a safe environment, adhering to infection control practices and ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
    
    
    Qualifications:
    
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    • Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) accepted.
      
    • Licensure:
      
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      • Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
        
        
        
      • Certification:
        
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        • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
          
        • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required
          
          
          Wellspring Nurse Source Job ID #30536134. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN:ICU,00:00:00-12:00:00About Wellspring Nurse SourceWellspring is nurse owned and operated which means that we get you, we stand behind you, and we advocate for you.-- We are 100% committed to helping you find your best job at the best rate.-- We are unwavering in our commitment to supporting our clinicians on every step of their travel adventure, assisting with everything from onboarding and payroll to on-the-job clinical support with a dedicated Clinician Success Team.-- You're not just a number at Wellspring, you're a valued member of our family.-- Join us and experience the Wellspring difference.

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