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:

Previous Employment Requirements: Any Permanent Employee at any LCMC facility must be gone for at least 1 year to be considered for travel.

Required Skills/Experience: Skills: IV therapy Arterial line management Blood Product Administration Central line care/management PICC line management Starting and maintaining IVs Respiratory/Thoracic Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal Assist with management of BiPAP Assist with management of CPAP Care of Ventilated Patient High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs) Suctioning (ETT, NT) Ventilator Management Medications Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade Continuous IV sedation Emergency Medications Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring Titrate Cardiac drips Titrate Vasoactive drips Neurological CVA/Acute Stroke management External ventricular drain (EVD) ICP monitoring Professional Topics and Skills Infection Prevention Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE Phlebotomy Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure Burns Endocrine/Metabolic IV insulin protocols.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Teaching Hospital Experience. Skills: Accessing/Managing Ports* Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun* Lumbar drains* Post Neurosurgery management* Spinal cord injury* Traumatic Brain injury* Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG* Neuro Intensive Care Unit* Surgical Intensive Care Unit* Cardiovascular Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention* Thermoregulation: hypothermia/hyperthermia*.

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: Comprehensive Stroke Center Neurology Neurosurgery.

Types of Patients on Unit: Adolescents, Adults, Geriatrics.

Unit/Facility Details: Number of Beds: 16.

Shift & Scheduling: Weekend Coverage-Every Other (4 shifts/month).

Floating Requirements: Yes (may float 50% of scheduled shifts). Could float to Medical/Surgical Stepdown Units. Nurse patient ratio maximum would be 1:4 patient or may be assigned as a helping hands nurse.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: Please request an interview for one match from this facility at a time. You will not interview with the hiring manager if the facility chooses to extend an offer to you for this position. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.