Registered Nurse - ICU

Travel Nurse PositionRTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR. ***No block scheduling*** runs more like an ICU. Strong drip experience is a must. Required skills/certs/exp: Minimum years of experience: 2 years of experience needed. Traveler experience: accepts 1st time travelers. Locals accepted / rate difference: yes. Required skills: must have experience with arterial lines and titrating vasoactive drips, PCU/DOU/IMC/stepdown, telemetry, interpretation of dysrhythmias, management of dysrhythmias, telemetry - on the unit monitoring, use of rapid response teams, IV insulin protocols, blood product administration, central line care/management, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, heparin protocols, CVA, chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, external CPAP/BIPAP, high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), nasal cannula, non-invasive airway management, tracheostomy management, isolation precautions. Required: ACLS, BCLS, NIH certifications, as well as experience with IV start, telemetry and conscious sedation.Job details:Target ratios: 1:3-4. Unit will accept 13 week length or longer, through 2/27 end date. *36 or 48 hours can be offered.12 hour nightsRTO: 7 days max for Aya auto offerNo block schedulingFloat requirement: floating required as needed to sister unit which is an ICCU also.Weekend requirement: every other weekend.Patient diagnoses: ADC: 18 with 20 beds. ICU stepdown. Post rapid response team patients, respiratory distress, unstable hemodynamics, withdrawal, GI bleeds, post-op: GYN, GU, GI, thoracotomies, neuro, ortho surgeries. Pre/post OB with complications (Pitocin). Patient age from adolescent, adult, geriatric.Special procedures/unit details: Only one pressor drip per patient, any more and they're transferred to ICU. Cardizem, nitro, Precedex, Cardene, Levophed, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Neo drips given on unit. Special equipment: bedside telemetry monitors with remote backup. Nurses must be able to recognize and treat dysrhythmias. A-lines, BIPAP's, chest tubes, trach's, there are no vents on unit.