Travel Nurse RN - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit - $2,215 per week in Columbus, OH

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 22 years of cardiac ICU experience preferred License: Valid state license required Certifications: BLS, ACLS required Must-Have: - Epic experience required - Previous travel experience preferred - Charge experience preferred - Patient ratio experience: 2 - Charting system experience required Description: Weekdays and some weekends required. Skills required include IV starts, telemonitoring, ventilator management, Swanz catheter usage, conscious sedation, balloon pumps, and pulmonary artery line management.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 22 years of cardiac ICU experience preferred License: Valid state license required Certifications: BLS, ACLS required Must-Have: - Epic experience required - Previous travel experience preferred - Charge experience preferred - Patient ratio experience: 2 - Charting system experience required Description: Weekdays and some weekends required. Rotating holidays. Floating within units of equivalent or lower acuity is required. Estimated patient ratios of 1:1. Mandatory weekend shifts: 6 per 4-week schedule period, including Friday/Saturday for night shifts. Skills required include IV starts, telemonitoring, ventilator management, Swanz catheter usage, conscious sedation, balloon pumps, and pulmonary artery line management. Experience with emergency medications and interpretation of dysrhythmias is essential. Comfort with management of patients requiring ECMO, VADs, and post-cardiac surgery is critical. Additional competencies include blood product administration, phlebotomy, and care of patients with renal failure. Suctioning, obtaining EKGs, and managing IVs is also necessary. Knowledge of isolation precautions and infection prevention is expected. Care of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction and TAVR will be part of daily responsibilities. Daily census is approximately 28. The unit will also engage with interdisciplinary support teams.