Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

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.

References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to. All travelers must have one manager/supervisor reference from the most recent/current assignment. DON references NOT accepted. The facility will call any references directly to verify.

Required Credentials:
Zero-tolerance policy for hits on a license or background hits, regardless of how long ago.
Special Requests:
Eligibility as Current/Previous Employee: Must disclose previous employment on your resume or elsewhere within the submission for a DNU check.
If you require an interview with the manager, please make a note of it in your special requests.
No holiday RTO will be approved.
Holiday call-ins will result in cancellation of the contract.
Unit Details:
The ICU cares for high-acuity mixed medical-surgical and thoracic/cardiovascular patients, including respiratory failure, ARDS, CHF, COPD, post-STEMI, post-arrest, post-surgical, CABG, carotid, DKA, GI bleed, overdose, EtOH withdrawal, CVA with or without TNK, and renal failure.
The unit does not care for trauma, hemorrhagic strokes, or neurosurgery cases.
Travelers may be assigned IABP, Impella, CRRT, or open-heart recovery if competency is established/verified.
RNs are required to titrate drips.
Common titratable or set-rate drips include pressors, sedation, paralytics, insulin, heparin, etc.
A dedicated ICU Internal Medicine team is in-house 24/7.
Respiratory therapy is in the ICU 24/7.
Nihon Koden monitors are used; nurses are responsible for all EKG monitoring, interpretation, and placing strips into the chart.
Ventilators, BiPAP, and high-flow nasal cannula are used.
The VAD team is available during weekday hours for PICC placement and difficult IV sticks; nurses are expected to attempt PIVs before contacting the team.
ICU nurses are expected to draw their own labs and perform EKGs.
There is no tube station.
Shift & Scheduling:
Shift times are 0630-1900 or 1830-0700.
Minimum of 6 weekend shifts (Saturday and/or Sunday) within a 6-week schedule block.
During the first schedule period of a contract, a new traveler will fill in gaps to balance short shifts.
Future scheduling is through the Oracle application; shifts are selected on a first-come, first-served basis and then balanced by the manager according to unit needs before posting.
Set schedules and 3 shifts in a row are not guaranteed.
Staff can shift-swap with teammates through the Oracle ShiftSwap feature.
Travelers will work holidays at the manager's discretion and based on the needs of the unit.
No call or standby requirements.
Floating Requirements:
Travelers are first to float and will be assigned a patient team of up to 5 patients.

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