RN - ICU

Profession: Registered Nurse

Specialty: Intensive Care Unit

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 12H Nights

Hours per Shift: 12 hours

Experience: Minimum of 1 year

License: Active state license required

Certifications: BLS, ACLS; PALS and NIH preferred

Must-Have:

• Experience caring for patients on a ventilator, temporary pacemaker, balloon pumps, and hemodynamic monitoring
• Ability to titrate drips, including but not limited to Cardizem, dopamine, dobutamine, insulin, levophed, vasopressin, nitroglycerin, and nicardipine

Description:

The unit has a total of 6 beds.

The nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:3 for actual ICU patients.

Staff will have access to tele/monitor technicians scheduled 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Registered nurses will sign off on heart strips three times per shift.

Nurses are required to attend team conferences for acute inpatient rehab during the day shift.

There are charge nurses and house supervisors available.

Nurse aides are present on the unit with a 1:6 ratio.

Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, and cardiac rehabilitation services are available.

Respiratory therapy and equipment from NC to ventilator support will be provided.

Shift schedules include both day and night shifts, with weekend and holiday requirements typically every other period.

Call or standby may occur occasionally but is not common.

Floating to areas where candidates have experience, such as Med Surg and Emergency Department, may be required, but it is not mandatory if there is no experience.

Scrub color is not specified, but close-toed shoes and good personal hygiene are expected.

The department-specific orientation consists of one full shift.

The charting system utilized is EPIC.A BSN is not required for this position.

The care setting is acute, and trauma level considerations apply.