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Critical Care / Intensive Care Nurse
Traveling nurses in the field of Intensive Care Nursing treat patients of all ages who are seriously ill or in critical condition. ICU nurses often must use highly advance technologies, and are also accountable for the emotional needs of patients and their families. These nurses practice in settings where patients require complex evaluations, intense therapies and interventions, and constant attention. ICU nurses rely upon a specific body of knowledge, expertise, and training to provide care to patients and families and create an atmosphere that is healing, humane and caring. Foremost, the ICU nurse is a patient advocate.
Intensive Care nurses work in an array of situations, filling a variety of roles. They are clinical nurse specialists, bedside clinicians, nurse managers, nurse educators, nurse researchers, and nurse practitioners. With the beginning of managed care and the resulting migration of patients to alternative settings, ICU nurses are now called upon to treat sicker patients more than ever before.
ICU nurses are primarily situated in hospitals in intensive care units, cardiac care units, emergency departments and recovery rooms; ICU nurses are also moving into home healthcare and outpatient surgery centers. These nurses may have additional expertise with ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or CCRN Certification through the American Association for Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Talk with a Recruiter about a travel Cardiac Cath Lab Nursing job.
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