Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

If you require an interview with the manager, please make a note of it in your special requests.

36-hour guarantees only (no 48s) – can pick up additional shifts

Travel pairs cannot request the same schedule

Cannot have an employment gap in the past 4+ months.

Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility. Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.

Experience Requirement: Floating experience does not count toward experience requirement. Correctional facility experience does not count toward experience requirement.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Trauma level I/II of recent hospital experience required.
• RNs required to titrate drips.

Below is a list of common drips for this ICU. Please make sure traveler has well rounded experience with a variety of critical ICU drips:

• Vasopressors: Epi, Levophed, Phenylephrine, vasopressin.
• Inotropes: dopamine, dobutamine, primacor.
• Antiarrhythmics: amiodarone, Cardizem, esmelol, lidocaine, procainamide.
• Anti-hypertensives: Clevidipine, labetalol, Cardene, Nipride, nitro.
• Beta Adrenergic: Isuprel. Sedatives: Ketamine, Precedex, propofol, Versed. Paralytics: Vecuronium, Nimbex, rocuronium.
• Analgesics: Fentanyl, morphine. Anticoagulants: Aggrastat, tPA, Argatroban, Heparin, Integrilin.
• Additional: Insulin.

Types of Patients on Unit: Cardiac-open heart, balloon, Impella, tPA, TPE, core staff will do the specialties; keep small head bleeds, post tPa administration-if intervention-flown to Phoenix; Level 3 trauma- keep here. not necessary to have trauma exp=core staff that MUST HAVE vent, sedation, sepsis, pressors , DKA, cardiac, CHF, respiratory.

Unit Details:

• Beds: 42.
• Nurse Patient Ratios: 1:1 or 1:2 (MedSurg ICU). If no vents/drips 1:3.

Special Requests: Blocks not guaranteed, but try to work with traveler as much as possible to accommodate requests.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Weekend Requirements: 4 weekend shift days in 4 week period required.
• Holiday Requirements: 2 major holidays required. Only require the holiday (not the eve) if Xmas.

Floating Requirements: Float to other units, only 4 patients instead of 6 patients though.