Travel Nurse (RN) - Surgical Intensive Care Unit

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Guaranteed Hours 48

Candidates need to be flexible on scheduling - no self scheduling

Weekend Requirements 4-6 days in 6 weeks depending on coverage

Holiday Requirements please check with Larkin on this one

Floating Requirements first to float, then OT floats, then remainder of staff. Float to other ICU's within hospital, skill set will be considered for assignment

Unit is ICU for Thoracic Surgery and overflow General Surgery ICU. Need CRRT/SLED training on NxStage system, experience with PA catheters/hemodynamics, spinal drain management preferred. Other than that, general ICU skill competency for an advanced academic medical center.

Busy/Large Level 1 Trauma

Beds 12, TSICU (7CA)

Nurse Patient Ratios 1:2, 1:3 depending on downgrade/acuity/emergency admit (infrequent when staffed)

Common diagnoses/Types of patients mesothelioma, thoracic aortic dissection, esophagectomy, lung decortications SICU overflow including multiple varieties of general surgery

Experience or 'Must have' skills early recognition of change in patient condition, clear communication and escalation with providers, critical thinking skills, CRRT, hemodynamic monitoring, chest tubes, ventilator, various drains/surgical sites

Successful placements here have worked in a very busy hospital in the past.

Are RNs required to titrate drips? yes - Common titratable &/or set rate drips vasopressin, epinephrine, Levophed, heparin, dobutamine, dopamine, versed, hydromorphone, fentanyl, ketamine, nimbex, esmolol, Cardene

RN reads strip

Scrub Color/Dress Code teal bottoms, black or printed coordinating scrub top, no fleece jackets. No shellac, dip, or acrylic nails, no overlays. Unchipped regular nail polish is allowed.