Critical Care Registered Nurse - Temple, TX
Core
Critical Care Registered Nurse supporting expanded bed capacity and post-COVID operations for the Veterans Integrated Services Network 17 (VISN 17) in Texas.
Role type
Contract Contingent Critical Care Registered Nurse
Builds
Supports healthcare systems within VISN 17 to restore pre-pandemic operations and provide humanitarian assistance.
Domain
Healthcare / Critical Care / Veterans Affairs
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Critical care nursing, patient assessment, nursing care plan formulation, drug administration and titration, physiological monitoring, patient and family teaching, hand-off documentation, lab specimen collection, Foley catheter insertion, peripheral IV access, 12 lead EKG performance, mechanical ventilator operation, IV infusion pump operation, defibrillator use, crash cart management, bedside monitor operation, transport monitor operation, ER performance measures maintenance.
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated beyond required competencies.
Technologies
Mechanical ventilators, IV infusion pumps, Accu-check, Zoll defibrillator, crash cart, bedside monitors, Propac transport monitors, bladder scanners.
Responsibilities
Assess physiological and psychological health status of patients; formulate and implement nursing plans of care; administer drugs and solutions per ACLS protocol; monitor patients physiologically; perform 12 lead EKGs; collect lab specimens including blood cultures; insert Foley catheters and peripheral IVs; operate life support and monitoring equipment; maintain ER performance measures (EKG, Troponin, Pneumonia Protocol, turn-around time).
