Travel Nurse RN - ICU/Critical Care in New York City, ...

**Job Title:** Clinical Nurse **Job Specialty:** Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) **Job Duration:** 13 weeks **Shift:** 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM Flexible Scheduling (3x11.50 Hr) **Guaranteed Hours:** 34.50 hours per week **Experience:** Minimum 2 years of post-open heart and cardiac care unit experience **License:** Registered Nurse (RN) - New York State **Certifications:** Basic Life Support (BLS) **Must-Have:** 1 year travel experience (if applicable for travel positions) Proficiency in EPIC preferred Excellent organizational skills **Job Description:** - Provide safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research for a designated group of patients and their significant others. - Deliver patient care by incorporating principles of Relationship Centered Care and apply the nursing process based on theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards. - Assess and evaluate patient care needs, applying critical thinking in managing patient care. - Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans. - Prioritize aspects of patient care, including teaching, rounding, coaching, planning after hospital care, and delegating to others appropriately. - Educate patients and caregivers, anticipating needs and readiness to learn about their care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention. - Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team. - Manage assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing, allocating material resources effectively. - Model tenets of Relationship Centered Care through various actions, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, and purposeful hourly rounding. - Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families. - Use evidence-based practices to enhance understanding of patients' perceptions of care. - Initiate service recovery for patients and families with concerns, referring them to appropriate management or patient relations as needed. - Practice safe, efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement. - Implement process improvement strategies based on institutional evidence and procedures. - Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to execute quality improvement projects and nursing research studies. - Engage in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes. - Perform charge nurse duties as assigned, ensuring supplies and inventory meet patient care needs. - Demonstrate patient-focused and cost-effective approaches to care concerning equipment, staff, supplies, and resources. - Document accurately and thoroughly in compliance with regulatory and legal standards. - Contribute to the environment supporting clinical colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team.

Created: 2024-11-02