Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Nampa, ID

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 2, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,230 a week in all, a taxable rate of $26.74 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This role provides care for critically ill patients in an acute-care intensive care setting, including patients with heart failure, respiratory failure, sepsis, ventilator needs, gastrointestinal bleeding, strokes, and postoperative complications. The position requires night shifts and the ability to titrate critical-care medications while working collaboratively with the care team.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Current nursing license; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; at least 1 year of experience in an intensive care unit; ability to titrate medications such as propofol, norepinephrine, dobutamine, vasopressin, fentanyl, epinephrine, and diltiazem; strong teamwork skills.
• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend shifts may be required based on unit needs.
• Additional Information: The intensive care unit supports a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio and cares for ventilated patients and those requiring high-flow oxygen or bilevel positive airway pressure. Registered Nurses are expected to interpret cardiac rhythms and may manage patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy, although travelers will not operate the therapy. Unit resources include respiratory therapists in the intensive care unit, a certified nursing assistant on each shift, an on-site hospitalist, and intensivist support through telehealth. Orientation generally consists of 1–2 shifts based on experience.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits