**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN) **Job Specialty:** Critical Care Unit (CCU) – Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) **Job Duration:** 13 weeks **Shift:** 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM, 3 x 12-hour shifts per week **Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week **Experience:** Minimum of 2 years of strong experience in critical care and a background in medical/surgical nursing **License:** Professional Registered Nurse license or multi-state compact license **Certifications:** - BLS - American Heart Association - ACLS - American Heart Association - Telemetry - NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Continuing Education Units (CEU) Contact Stroke (4 hours) **Must-Have:** Strong critical care nursing skills and ability to float to similar ICUs or Emergency Room for ICU patient care **Job Description:** - Evaluate patients and assist physicians with patient care - Plan, implement, and document nursing care based on patient needs - Identify patient needs and determine priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation - Develop, implement and coordinate individualized care plans for patients through initial and ongoing assessments - Initiate assessments based on the patient's problems or needs, the physician's medical diagnosis, and the functional health framework - Perform therapeutic nursing interventions - Manage care for patients, ensuring documentation aligns with standards of care, patient acuity, and clinical priorities - Advocate for evidence-based practice care standards and support the adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery - Provide patient-centric care in alignment with the professional nursing practice model - Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned Note: This position requires working on minimum every other weekend and holidays as needed, with no on-call requirement.