Travel ICU Registered Nurse (Correctional Population)
2 days ago
Nashville
Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Nashville, Tennessee. Job Description & Requirements • Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit, • Discipline: RN, • Start Date: 09/22/2025, • Duration: 13 weeks, • 36 hours per week, • Shift: 12 hours, days, • Employment Type: Travel Job Title: ICU Registered Nurse (RN)**\nJob Summary:\n 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. \n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\n • Provide continuous, comprehensive care to critically ill patients, monitoring vital signs, and managing life support systems.\n, • Assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans based on patient needs, using advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking.\n, • Administer medications, blood products, and interventions for managing acute conditions such as respiratory failure, cardiovascular instability, trauma, infections, and post-surgical care.\n, • Monitor and interpret complex medical equipment, such as ventilators, monitors, and infusion pumps, to ensure patients receive appropriate care.\n, • Collaborate with physicians, intensivists, and interdisciplinary teams to provide timely interventions and manage critical care treatments.\n, • Perform advanced clinical procedures, including arterial and central line placement, intubation, and blood gas analysis.\n, • Provide advanced nursing care for patients receiving intensive therapies, such as mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy (dialysis), and vasoactive medications.\n, • Monitor and respond to life-threatening complications such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and organ failure.\n, • Educate patients and families about critical care conditions, treatment plans, and recovery processes.\n, • Document patient care accurately, thoroughly, and in compliance with ICU standards and regulatory requirements.\n, • Serve as a resource to other nursing staff, providing clinical guidance, mentorship, and support in critical care settings.\n, • Maintain a safe environment, adhering to infection control practices and ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\n\nQualifications:\n\n, • Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) accepted.\n, • Licensure:\n\n, • Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.\n\n\n, • Certification:\n\n, • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.\n