Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care

Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - $2,691 per week at Consolidated Medical Travel summary :

This travel nurse RN position specializes in Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU), providing expert nursing care to premature and critically ill newborns in a hospital setting. Responsibilities include direct infant care, medical treatment coordination, parent education, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The role also involves leadership duties, clinical expertise sharing, and adherence to healthcare standards over a 13-week travel assignment in Bronx, New York.

Consolidated Medical Travel is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in bronx, New York.

• Specialty : NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date :
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 34.5 hours per week
• Shift : 11 hours, days, nights
• Employment Type
  
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  Travel

The NICU Nurse is responsible for delivering specialized nursing care to premature and critically ill newborns. Key responsibilities include :

• Providing for infants’ basic needs, including feeding, diaper changes, and comfort measures.
• Coordinating and implementing medical treatments in collaboration with NICU physicians.
• Offering emotional support, education, and guidance to parents and family members of premature or ill newborns.
• Attending births; performing initial assessments such as measuring, weighing, and monitoring the health of infants directly after delivery; and educating new parents on breastfeeding and newborn care.
• Conducting comprehensive patient care, including physical assessments and continuous vital-sign monitoring.
• Performing specialized procedures such as drawing blood and collecting samples as ordered.
• Collaborating closely with the multidisciplinary healthcare team, including nurses, physicians, and neonatal nurse practitioners, to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Serving as a team leader when assigned, by organizing, delegating, and supervising duties and responsibilities of other staff members.
• Sharing clinical expertise and fostering professional development among peers and coworkers.
• Utilizing the nursing process to develop individualized care plans and deliver high-quality, evidence-based patient care.
• Adhering to hospital and unit policies, procedures, and directives to maintain safety and quality standards.

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