Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Nursing
ICU Nurse, Cardiology, RN Nurse
Talent4
Health is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU
- Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Topeka, Kansas.
- Specialty:
ICU
- Intensive Care Unit - Discipline:
RN - Start Date:
11/04/2026 - Duration:
13 weeks - 36 hours per week
- Shift:
12 hours, nights - Employment Type:
Travel
Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU / Mixed ICU-CVICU
Department: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU)
Shift: Night Shift, 3x12 hours
Shift Timing: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Charting System: Epic preferred
Patient Population: Adults and Geriatrics
Patient Ratio: 1:2
First-Time Travelers: Accepted
We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for a night-shift ICU assignment in a mixed ICU/CVICU setting. The ideal candidate will have strong critical care experience, particularly with cardiac patients, ventilator management, and titration of multiple cardiac and vasoactive drips.
The RN will care for critically ill patients with complex medical, surgical, cardiovascular, and respiratory conditions, including patients recovering from open-heart surgery.
Key Responsibilities- Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill adult and geriatric patients.
- Monitor and manage ventilated patients, including the ability to care for two ventilated patients while managing multiple titratable drips.
- Administer and titrate cardiac and vasoactive medications.
- Monitor cardiac rhythms and manage dysrhythmias.
- Care for post-cardiac surgery patients, including open-heart surgery cases.
- Manage patients requiring CRRT/CVVHD, IABP, and Impella support.
- Monitor arterial lines, pulmonary artery lines, and Swan-Ganz catheters.
- Interpret arterial blood gases (ABGs) and respond to changes in patient condition.
- Manage patients with acute respiratory distress, ARDS, AKI, DKA, STEMI, and NSTEMI.
- Administer blood products and manage central lines, PICC lines, and chest tubes.
- Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapists, and interdisciplinary teams.
- Complete accurate patient documentation and maintain patient safety standards.
- Minimum of 2 years of ICU experience preferred.
- Valid Kansas or Compact RN license in hand at submission.
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required at submission.
- Strong cardiac critical care experience.
- Ventilator management experience.
- Ability to manage two ventilated patients while multitasking with multiple drip titrations.
- Experience with cardiac and vasoactive drip titration.
- Willingness to work night shifts and weekends.
- 16-bed unit with approximately 13 patients in the daily census.
- Typical patient-to-nurse ratio: 1:2.
- Approximately 6–10 cardiovascular cases per month.
- Nurses recover their own post-operative cardiac patients.
- CRRT, Impella, IABP, and hypothermia protocol experience are required for the relevant patient assignments.
- ECMO and LVAD experience are not required, as these services are not provided on the unit.
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