TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified ICU/Critical Care RN in Oakland, California, 94609!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Intensive Care Unit
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Day 3x12-Hour
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: 3+ Years of Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit Experience
License: Valid California Registered Nurse License
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Must-Have:
- 3+ years of Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit experience
- 6 months of travel experience
- Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Description:
Registered Nurse needed for the Intensive Care Unit.
Certifications required include BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS.
Weekend requirements are every other weekend and as needed by the unit.
On-call duties are required as necessary.
Travel nurses are expected to be flexible and may float to other units within the scope of practice.
Notice of 1.5 hours prior to shift start time is provided in most cases for floating requests.
A shuttle is available if floating is requested.
Experience in charge nurse roles is preferred.
Familiarity with the Epic charting system is required.
Experience in a community hospital setting is preferred.
Skills required include:
- Accessing and managing ports
- Arterial line management
- Assisting with chest tube insertion and removal
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- Blood product administration
- Care of patients on ECMO
- Care of ventilated patients
- Central line care and management
- Managing chronic and acute renal failure
- Continuous IV paralytics and neuromuscular blockade
- Continuous IV sedation
- Managing coronary artery bypass graft patients
- Stroke and emergency medication management
- Managing GI surgery patients
- High flow nasal cannula management
- Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun experience
- Impella management
- Infection prevention
- Interpretation of arterial blood gases
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- Intra-aortic balloon pump management
- Isolation precautions and PPE
- IV insulin protocols
- Management of dysrhythmias
- Management of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction or failure
- Obtaining 12 lead EKGs
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line management
- Pre and post cardiac catheterization care
- Procedural sedation administration and monitoring
- Monitoring pulmonary artery lines/Swan Ganz
- Sheath removal
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Suctioning
- Titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement management
- Valve repair or replacement management
- Ventilator management
The patient age group served includes adults.
Daily census ranges from 16 to 20 patients.
The unit diagnoses include conditions such as sepsis, acute kidney injury, respiratory failure, STEMI, heart failure, stroke, surgical cases, kidney failure, cardiogenic shock, and substance abuse.
Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretarial services.
Experience in long-term acute care is preferred.
Travel experience is required.