Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care - $2,221 per week in Oconomowoc, WI

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Critical Care - ICU Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: 12-Hour Day Shift Hours per Shift: 36 Experience: Minimum 2 years of ICU experience License: Registered Nurse License Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS; TNCC preferred Description: Level II Trauma Center. Required skills include vent/trach management, tube/drain management, chest tube management, invasive line management, cardiac rhythm interpretation, surgical recovery, and medication titration.

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Critical Care - ICU Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: 12-Hour Day Shift Hours per Shift: 36 Experience: Minimum 2 years of ICU experience License: Registered Nurse License Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS; TNCC preferred Description: Level II Trauma Center. Primary Stroke Center. Total number of beds: 91. ICU has 14 beds. Average patient census: Varies. Patient demographics include general/medical cases such as sepsis, pneumonia, COVID, COPD, respiratory failure, kidney failure, liver failure, GI bleeds, and DKA. Cardiac cases include CHF, STEMI/NSTEMI, post-cath. Trauma cases include GSW, stabbings, and falls. Surgical cases include GYN, GI, and GU. Neuro cases include SDH, TBI, CVA, TIA, and syncope. Patient ratios are 1:1 to 1:3. If patient assignments exceed 2, Team Nursing with experienced Med/Surg RN will be implemented. Long-term vented patients will have the ICU RN managing the vent while the Med/Surg RN manages the patient. Required skills include vent/trach management, tube/drain management, chest tube management, invasive line management, cardiac rhythm interpretation, surgical recovery, and medication titration. Experience with EMR systems is required. Preferred skills include abdominal pressure monitoring, EVDs, CVVH, and IABP. Support within the department includes a Charge RN who typically takes patient assignments. There will be 1-2 CNAs per shift. Bedside and centralized telemetry monitoring is available. Health care support staff is available 24/7. An orientation period includes 2 full days of unit training with a preceptor. Weekend rotation is every other weekend. Holiday expectations include working 1 holiday per contract. Approval for requests for time off is permitted up to 7 days. Schedule cycles are made in 6-week increments. Scrub colors should be any solid color, professional style, with no graphics, logos, or designs.