NICU RN - Travel - - Excellent Benefits 2024-10-31

TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified NICU RN in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80923!

About The Position

Job Title : Registered Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Job Specialty : NICU Level II or III Job Duration : 13 weeks Shift : 12-hour night shifts Guaranteed Hours : 36 hours per week Experience : 2+ years 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) - Required - Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification - Required - STABLE certification preferred Must-Have : - Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty - Ability to float to assigned locations within a 60-mile radius if needed Job Description : - Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and 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 IVs, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient. - Provide patient and family education by assessing learning readiness, needs, and ability.
• Recognize patients or designees as full partners in providing compassionate and coordinated care. - Provide relationship-based care with respect for cultural differences and diversity.
• Delegate to non-RN personnel following State Board of Nursing and hospital policy. - Use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies effectively to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
• Serve as a professional role model, demonstrating ethical, legal, and professional nursing processes. - Manage resources and patient flow by matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs.
• Follow 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.
• Precept / mentor new staff or nursing students as needed. - Seek learning opportunities and continuing education to maintain skills and competence.
• Maintain professional records providing evidence of competence and lifelong learning. - Evaluate personal nursing practice in relation to professional standards and guidelines.
• Engage in hospital and unit-based meetings and quality improvement activities. - Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, experiences, and safe care delivery.
• Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities. - Apply current healthcare research findings and evidence to expand clinical knowledge and enhance role performance.

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Job Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• ACLS - AHA
• BLS - AHA
• Core Competency
• PALS - AHA
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam

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