RN - ICU

Profession: RN (Registered Nurse)

Specialty: ICU/PCU

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 12-Hour Nights

Hours per Shift: 36 hours per week

Experience: Minimum 2 years

License: Required

Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS

Must-Have: Team focus and a flexible mindset.

Description:

The clinical team will interview candidates, and if chosen, an offer will be extended on behalf of the facility.

The unit has 16 beds.

The nurse-to-patient ratios are 2:1 for ICU level of care and 3:1 for PCU level of care.

Candidates are required to have ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications.

Common diagnoses include ARDS, COVID, Sepsis, TNK strokes, and ETOH withdrawal.

Candidates must have experience titrating drips.

Common titratable medications include Levo, Vaso, Epi, Dilt, Amio, Dopa, and Dobut.

Charge nurses do not take assignments, but they run code blue.

Efforts are made to staff a charge nurse to provide breaks for all RN staff.

There is one nurse aide for every 16 patients.

RNs perform primary care with the aid of a nurse aide.

A hospitalist is in-house 24/7, and an intensivist is in-house from 07:00 to 19:00 with on-call support from 17:00 to 19:00.There is 24/7 respiratory therapy available in the unit.

All types of ventilators, CPAP, and BiPAP equipment are utilized.

Tele/monitor technicians are present 24/7, and RNs are required to read their own strips using Philips monitors.

The unit employs team scheduling but cannot guarantee block scheduling.

Weekend requirements will be based on unit needs/demands.

Holiday requirements are present, but not all will be required.

There is no call or standby requirement.

Floating historically occurs to medical-surgical units with a 5:1 ratio.

Dress code includes navy scrub color.

Unit-specific orientation for EPIC is required for those new to the system.

No CCRT is required at this time but may become necessary in the future.

The facility can cancel up to 4 shifts during the 13-week assignment.