Travel SICU RN - $2,022 per week

About the role

Travel nurse RN SICU - Surgical Intensive Care position in York, Pennsylvania. Specialty: SICU - Surgical Intensive Care. Discipline: RN. Duration: 13 weeks. Hours: 36 hours per week. Shift: 12 hours, nights. Employment Type: Travel. Immediate opening.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and monitor patients in an Intensive Care Unit setting.
• Provide direct care to patients in life‑threatening situations, documenting and providing physician‑directed care, assessing and implementing patient care plans, and delegating to other care providers as appropriate.
• Provide education and support to patient families, possibly for long‑term care needs.
• Provide basic bedside care.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
• Order and evaluate diagnostic tests.
• Take samples for lab work, order corresponding lab work and interpret reports.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment, and interpret and record electronic displays.
• Ensure proper placement and functioning of catheters, leads and tubing.
• Communicate patients' conditions to family members.
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods, bend, lean and stoop without difficulty.
• Ability to lift 20 pounds easily; moving or lifting patients may require up to 50 pounds.
• Potential exposure to chemicals or infectious diseases; may treat patients who are confused, agitated, or uncooperative.