TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified ICU/Critical Care RN in Peoria, Illinois, 61605!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: High Acuity Unit, ICU
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-Hour Nights
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum 1 year
License: Active Illinois license required
Certifications: BLS, ACLS
Must-Have:
- Experience with PEG tube care/feedings
- Experience with CVC/PICC/Midline usage and care
- Experience caring for tracheostomy patients
- Experience caring for sedated and ventilated patients
- Experience titrating vasopressors and managing sedation and pain control drips
Description:
The unit consists of eight beds and operates under a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2-3.
Common patient diagnoses include respiratory failure, post-surgical recovery, wound care, IV antibiotic administration, post-stroke care, trauma recovery, and cardiac patients.
Registered Nurses are required to titrate drips such as Precedex, Propofol, Fentanyl, Versed, Lasix, Insulin, Amiodarone, Nitro, Levophed, and Dopamine.
There is a charge nurse on each shift, with a house supervisor available 24/7.
Nurses provide primary care in the ICU, with no nursing aids or patient care techs present.
A hospitalist or intensivist is available in-house during the day shift, while tele-health medical doctors are accessible after hours.
Respiratory therapy is available 24/7 in the ICU.
Registered Nurses are expected to troubleshoot respiratory equipment, which includes vents, CPAP, BiPAP, and high flow devices.
All eight ICU beds are equipped with hardwired telemetry monitors that are centrally monitored by a telemetry technician.
The unit operates on 12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM.
Weekend work is required every other week, as well as holiday rotation and availability to fill in shifts.
Registered Nurses may float to medical-surgical units if needed.
Scrubs are the required attire, with only approved t-shirts allowed.
There is a classroom orientation followed by two shifts on the unit with a preceptor.
The charting system used is EPIC.