Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care - $2,500 to $3,000 per week in Redding, CA

Registered Nurse (RN) | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care
Location: Redding, CA
Agency: Aptiva Corp
Pay: $2,500 to $3,000 per week
Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Unit ICU - ICU/Trauma ICU
# Beds: 30 beds
Ratios: 1 to 1-2, 90% of the time will be 1 to 2 ratio
Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS?) BLS & ACLS are required. 
Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Trauma - travelers must have this experience, neuro-strokes, head injuries, ventriculostomies, ICP monitoring - candidates 
MUST have experience with ICP monitoring and ventrics if they do not have this experience then they MUST have experience with post-TPA pts
Experience or 'Must have' skills: Candidates must have 2 yrs in specialty. 
Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes, vasopressors, sedation
Common titratable &/or set rate drips: vasopressors, sedation
Shifts & Scheduling 12 hr shifts, 6:45-7:15, schedules made out about 6 weeks in advance. 
Block scheduling: No
Weekend Requirements: Every other weekend
Holiday Requirements: will be addressed during that time
Floating Requirements: Any of the PCU and CICU, tele or medsurg units. In CICU they will have an ICU patient not a open heart