Job Description: Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Boone, North Carolina.Job Description & RequirementsSpecialty: ICU - Intensive Care UnitDiscipline: RNStart Date: 01/20/2025Duration: 13 weeks36 hours per weekShift: 12 hours, nightsEmployment 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\nProvide continuous, comprehensive care to critically ill patients, monitoring vital signs, and managing life support systems.\nAssess, plan, and implement individualized care plans based on patient needs, using advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking.\nAdminister medications, blood products, and interventions for managing acute conditions such as respiratory failure, cardiovascular instability, trauma, infections, and post-surgical care.\nMonitor and interpret complex medical equipment, such as ventilators, monitors, and infusion pumps, to ensure patients receive appropriate care.\nCollaborate with physicians, intensivists, and interdisciplinary teams to provide timely interventions and manage critical care treatments.\nPerform advanced clinical procedures, including arterial and central line placement, intubation, and blood gas analysis.\nProvide advanced nursing care for patients receiving intensive therapies, such as mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy (dialysis), and vasoactive medications.\nMonitor and respond to life-threatening complications such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and organ failure.\nEducate patients and families about critical care conditions, treatment plans, and recovery processes.\nDocument patient care accurately, thoroughly, and in compliance with ICU standards and regulatory requirements.\nServe as a resource to other nursing staff, providing clinical guidance, mentorship, and support in critical care settings.\nMaintain a safe environment, adhering to infection control practices and ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\n\nQualifications:\n\nEducation: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) accepted.\nLicensure:\n\nValid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.\n\n\nCertification:\n\nBasic Life Support (BLS) certification required.\nAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required\n\n\n Wellspring Nurse Source Job ID 29975694. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN:ICU,19:00:00-07:00:00About Wellspring Nurse Source Wellspring is nurse owned and operated which means that we get you, we stand behind you, and we advocate for you. We are 100% committed to helping you find your best job at the best rate. We are unwavering in our commitment to supporting our clinicians on every step of their travel adventure, assisting with everything from onboarding and payroll to on-the-job clinical support with a dedicated Clinician Success Team. You’re not just a number at Wellspring, you’re a valued member of our family. Join us and experience the Wellspring difference.