Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care - $2,401 per week in Elizabethtown, KY

Registered Nurse (RN) | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,401 per week
Shift Information: Days - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 11/9/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Critical Care Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: First Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications, both verbal and written, and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect and actively listening. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or the ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate and collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. The focus is on creating a caring environment that promotes healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence, current research, policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Responsibilities include: Assessment of patient needs, performing and documenting comprehensive assessments in accordance with RN scope of practice and policies. Considering the patient's culture, age, and developmental level. Identifying patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtaining health information from family or others as necessary. Collecting objective and subjective data. Verifying initial admission assessments if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. Developing a problem list and prioritizing patient needs based on inter-professional team input as appropriate. Designing actions and interventions relevant to the patient's culture and age. Determining desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family. Fully implementing patient care therapies and procedures within the established policies and scope of practice. Explaining procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families. Initiating actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. Recognizing, responding to, and communicating changes in patient condition appropriately. Conducting and documenting ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies. Delegating tasks appropriately and overseeing team members in the performance of activities regarding patient care. Monitoring the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members. Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients based on prioritized problems. Facilitating the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner and assuring discharge teaching is performed. Providing input into patient/nurse assignments considering available staffing and patient acuity. Participating in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities. Promoting a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Assuring nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. Actively participating in quality improvement activities and measures such as patient satisfaction and monitoring of documentation. Using a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• ACLS
• BLS
• PALS - AHA
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam