Prime Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Brooklyn, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/30/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Duties and Responsibilities:
-In accordance with professional nursing standards and practices, the Critical Care nurse will provide nursing care to all critical care/telemetry patients with medical and surgical diagnoses. Critical care nurse responds to code blue and medical alerts as assigned.

Assessment:
-Assesses patient’s physical, social, behavioral, and mental status through direct observation, interview, and medical record review.
-Includes assessment from history and data collection as obtained from the patient and/or care providers.
-Determines mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, and skin condition and adjusts plan of care as appropriate.
-Documents a nursing assessment to include psychosocial, environmental factors, educational level, and needs.
-Obtains and reviews available data base and any data collected by other members of the health team (medical/surgical/other history, physical exam mental status, therapist reports, physician, and community referrals).
-Identifies medical problems resulting from psychological /mental illness and use of medications.
-Communicates findings with other members of the health team. (Social Worker, Case managers, therapist, physician).

Planning:
-Identifies and addresses needs for admission based on acute medical/surgical diagnoses and presenting physical/psychological symptoms.
-Identifies and addresses patient level of education and learning needs.
-Makes appropriate referral to other disciplines and documents same.

Intervention/Implementation:
-Management of clinical skills in the provision of nursing care and management of the patient including but not limited to:
-Identification of symptoms.
-Management of the disease entity.
-Treatment modalities.
-Administration of medications.
-Intervenes appropriately in medical/surgical and critical emergencies utilizing crisis intervention.
-Utilities critical thinking in assessment of patients and in interventions.
-Utilizes infection control procedures and protocols.
-Provides for psychosocial needs of all critically ill patients.
-Provides health teaching and medication instructions to patient/next of kin.
-Ensures that all procedures are performed based on established standards of care.
-Demonstrates competency in performing all procedures within the scope of practice and in accordance with Interfaith Medical Center.
-Investigates and communicates all required information regarding unusual occurrences and patient care incidents.
-Acts as a patient advocate.

Evaluation:
-Revises the patient’s plan of care based on evaluation of interventions and expected outcomes in collaboration with other members of the health care team.

Physical Demands:
-Involves standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, and bending.
-May include some repetitive motions.
-Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising patient care.

Schedule Notes: All Shifts Needed - 3x12 Critical Care MUST Float to PACU and ED 2 Years experience Abbreviated compliance will be discussed upon offer. Skills: Required Skills & Experience: -2+ years of Critical Care nursing experience preferred. -Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing. Education: Required Education: -Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) required. Preferred Education: -Master's Degree in Nursing, preferred. Required Certifications & Licensure: -New York State RN License. -ACLS and BLS required.

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