Job Title: ICU Registered Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: ICU
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12 Hours Night
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum of 3 years of ICU experience
License: Valid nursing license required
Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
Must-Have:
- EPIC experience within the last year
- Recent hospital acute care experience in ICU
Description:
The ICU requires highly skilled registered nurses.
Nurse to patient ratios vary from 1:1 to 1:3, depending on patient acuity.
Common diagnoses include respiratory failure, ARDS, CHF, COPD, post-surgical care, and DKA.
Nurses will be responsible for titrating various drips, including pressors, sedation, and insulin.
Charge nurses do not have patient assignments.
There is a dedicated ICU internal medicine team available 24/7.
Respiratory therapy is on-site 24/7.
Nurses will manage EKG monitoring and interpretation.
Shifts may require flexibility, and weekend coverage is necessary.
Holidays will be worked at the discretion of the nursing management.
There are no call or standby requirements.
Travelers may float to other units if staffing needs dictate.
Support staff is available 24/7, but nurses are expected to draw labs and perform EKGs.
It is essential that nurses clock in and out at the facility.
The work environment emphasizes professionalism and supportive relationships among staff.
This facility is a teaching institution, and collaboration with educational staff is encouraged.