Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

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Additional Details:

Weekends: Every other

Holiday: Yes

Experience Requirements: 2+yrs ICU Tele will have to pass an EKG Test, More of a Step down unit; Cardiac/Stroke/Tele; Home Unit ACU

Detail: cardio hospital - elderly population. Lots of critical care and medically challenged patients.

Details: Skokie's ACU (Advanced Care Unit) is ICU. It's more advanced than Med Surg but not as advanced as a true ICU. Complex spine patients after surgery, more procedural and ortho campus - turn and burn surgical campus, Lift equipment in all rooms, IABP, temp control devices, fluid warmers, TPA, vein finder

REQUIRED: Interpretation/management of dysrhythmias, pulmonary artery line/swan ganz monitoring, IV insulin protocols, IV therapy (accessing ports, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care/management, PICC line management, starting IVs), Medications (continuous IV paralytics/neuromuscular blockade, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, procedural sedation administration, titrate cardiac drips), lumbar drains, post neurosurgery management, spinal cord in