Travel Nurse RN - ICU/Critical Care in Salt Lake City, UT

Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN) Job Specialty : Float Pool ICU / CCU Job Duration : 13 Weeks Shift : 12-hour Day Shift, Zone 2 (3x12 Hr) Guaranteed Hours : 36.

00 per Week Experience : One year of experience preferred License : - State RN license or RN license from a participating state in the NLC Certifications : American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification Must-Have : Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to the specialty Job Description : Assume 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.

• Promote optimal health, well-being, and safety of the patient through the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.
• Demonstrate personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.- Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records, and clinical data.
• Evaluate patients' responses and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcomes.- Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in various therapeutic / diagnostic interventions, including but not limited to IVs, incision / wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient.- Provide patient / family education by assessing learning readiness, needs, and ability, and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.
• Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patients' preferences, values, and needs.
• Deliver relationship-based care with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience.- Delegate to non-RN personnel according to state board of nursing and hospital policy.
• Effectively use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.- Serve as a professional role model for all staff, demonstrating ethical / legal / professional nursing processes.
• Manage resources and patient flow by matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs.- Use 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.
• Precept / mentor new staff or nursing students as needed.- Seek out learning opportunities and continuing education to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
• Maintain professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.- Evaluate personal integrity and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations;

take action to achieve goals identified during the evaluation process.- Demonstrate a commitment to the organization through ongoing participation in hospital and unit-based meetings.

• Understand 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 the 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.
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