Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,290 per week

Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Madisonville, Kentucky.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

An ICU nurse trained in CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) and CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy) manages highly unstable, complex cardiovascular and critically ill patients requiring advanced life support. [1, 2]

CABG (Open-Heart Surgery) Recovery

• Hemodynamic Monitoring: Tracking arterial lines, central venous pressure, and cardiac output closely to spot low blood pressure or bleeding early.
• Airway & Ventilation: Managing patients on mechanical ventilators immediately post-op and weaning them off breathing tubes when awake.
• Chest Tube Maintenance: Monitoring drainage output from the mediastinal and pleural chest tubes to watch for dangerous fluid buildup or cardiac tamponade.
• Pacing & Rhythms: Watching for lethal heart rhythm changes and managing temporary epicardial pacemaker wires if the heart rate drops.

CRRT (Continuous Dialysis) Management

• Circuit Operation: Priming, setting up, and managing a continuous extracorporeal blood filtration circuit 24 hours a day.
• Fluid and Electrolyte Balance: Accurately programming hourly fluid removal goals and replacing electrolytes for patients too fragile for standard intermittent dialysis.
• Troubleshooting Alarms: Rapidly identifying and resolving pressure changes, air bubbles, or filter clotting to keep the blood clean and prevent treatment interruptions.
• Anticoagulation: Administering regional citrate or systemic heparin safely into the machine circuit to keep the filter from clotting off.

About Malone Healthcare - Nursing

With a commitment to providing a higher standard of service and experience in patient care, Malone Healthcare places expert nurses and allied health professionals in rewarding careers throughout the United States. As a leading healthcare staffing agency, Malone’s focus on compliance and integrity translates to a seamless experience for our team members and partner facilities. When you work with Malone Healthcare, you can rely on over 50 years of proven experience placing exceptional professionals in quality healthcare settings.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Pet insurance
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Life insurance