RN - Trauma ICU

Travel Registered Nurse - Critical Care

Travel Rate: $2,434.00/Week Gross

Years of Experience Required:

• Minimum of six months critical care experience in an acute care facility within the last five years required, or successful completion of an approved critical care training course/orientation and standard competencies within six months of hire.
• Preferred: Minimum of one year RN experience in an Intensive Care unit specializing in Cardiac, Neuro, or Trauma preferred.

Epic Experience Required: 1 year of Epic experience is required.

First-Timers Accepted: Would prefer an experienced traveler with 2-3 prior completed assignments.

Weekend Requirement: Must be flexible, scheduled based on unit needs

Shift: Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)

Ratios: 1:2

Certifications Required:

• BLS, ACLS, TNCC/TCAR, NIHSS are required.
• CCRN, CSC, SCRN, and TCRN are preferred.

Skills Required:

• Interpretation and Management of dysrhythmias
• Multi-system organ failure
• Thermoregulation: hypothermia/hyperthermia
• Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention
• IV insulin protocols
• Chronic/Acute Renal failure
• Arterial line management
• Blood Product Administration
• Central line care/management
• PICC line management
• Starting IVs
• Continuous IV sedation
• Emergency Medications
• Procedural Sedation Administration
• Titrate Cardiac drips
• Titrate Vasoactive drips
• Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun
• Assist with management of BiPAP
• Assist with management of CPAP
• Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal
• Care of Ventilated Patient
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Interpretation of ABGs
• Suctioning (ETT, NT)
• Ventilator Management
• Infection Prevention
• Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE
• Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac
• Temp pacers

On-call Requirement: No

Floating Requirements: Yes, Travelers float between CVICU and NTICU. Also float to Telemetry, Acute Care (neurology, Surgical, Ortho/Med) Obs, ED boarding; Float in turns.

Block Schedule: Looking for a flexible candidate.

Locals Accepted: No

Pending License Accepted: Yes

RTO Restrictions: No

Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week

Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures:

• GIB, ETOH withdraw, DKA, Sepsis, Covid, ARDS, CHF, CKD, AKI, Donor, Post cardiac arrest, Psychiatric symptoms, MSOF, CVA, ICH.
• Preferred: Nitric Oxide; Required: temp pacers.

Special Procedures Done on the Unit:

• Insertion of Chest tubes, central lines, PICCS, bedside tracheostomy, Keo tube placement, IO insertion, Codes, Massive transfusion team, back up for Hospital Cardiac Arrest Team, intubation, and post cardiac arrest cooling catheter placement, Nitric Oxide, cardiac cooling pads, and removal of femoral and radial sheaths.

Common Equipment:

• Pa Catheters, right and left Impellla, ventilators, Cheeta, CRRT, and IABP, and Zoll cooling catheter, and Artic Sun pads.

Type of Facility: Short-Term Acute Care

Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma: Nonprofit, Level II Trauma Center

Total Staffed Beds: 385

Scrub Color: All – Any Color, not provided

Charting: Epic

Parking Cost: Free