Travel Nurse RN - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit - $2,779 per week in Redding, CA

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Cardiac ICU Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12 Hour Nights Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum of 2 years License: Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS, PALS, NIHSS Must-Have: Experience with fresh open heart surgeries. Description: Telemetry, Labor and Delivery, Emergency, and Critical Care RNs will take a proctored Dysrhythmia Test onsite, day one.

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Cardiac ICU Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12 Hour Nights Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum of 2 years License: Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS, PALS, NIHSS Must-Have: Experience with fresh open heart surgeries. Recent experience with mixed ICU patients. Description: Telemetry, Labor and Delivery, Emergency, and Critical Care RNs will take a proctored Dysrhythmia Test onsite, day one. This is a PASS/FAIL test. The unit has 30 beds. The patient-to-nurse ratio is typically 1 to 2, with 90% of time being 1 to 2 ratio. Charge nurses do not take a patient assignment. No nurse aides are present on the unit. Weekend requirement is every other weekend, with no holiday requirement at this time but may change. Scrubs should be navy. The unit utilizes Tele monitors. Ventilators are available. A hospitalist is in-house 24/7. The RT is available 24/7. The pharmacy is also available 24/7. Schedules are made out about 6 weeks in advance. It is self-scheduling, however, the schedule is not finalized until reviewed by the manager. Floating may occur to any telemetry or med-surg units. There is a floor-specific orientation of 1 day. The unit treats various common diagnoses and types of patients. Candidates must have recent experience with fresh open heart surgeries and with mixed ICU patients. The hospital can cancel up to 4 shifts during the 13-week assignment and 3 shifts for assignments shorter than 13 weeks. Charting is performed using a specific electronic health record system. A BSN is not required.