Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - $2,469 per week in Albany, NY

Job Title: RN Profession: Nursing Specialty: Progressive Critical Care Unit Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: Night Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum 2 years License: Required Certifications: ACLS Must-Have: Epic experience required Navy blue scrubs required Description: The nurses in our Progressive Critical Care Unit care for some of the most medically delicate and surgically complex patients. Responsibilities include managing respiratory failure, sepsis, closed head injuries, multi-system organ dysfunction, endocrine disorders, complex traumas, and surgical complications.

Job Title: RN Profession: Nursing Specialty: Progressive Critical Care Unit Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: Night Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum 2 years License: Required Certifications: ACLS Must-Have: Epic experience required Navy blue scrubs required Description: The nurses in our Progressive Critical Care Unit care for some of the most medically delicate and surgically complex patients. Responsibilities include managing respiratory failure, sepsis, closed head injuries, multi-system organ dysfunction, endocrine disorders, complex traumas, and surgical complications. Nurses must be competent in the care of both medical and surgical populations. Advanced competencies include hemodynamics, including pressor usage per titration protocols. Knowledge of antihypertensive drips, sedative and narcan drips, thrombo-embolytics, and advanced line care is essential. Experience with central venous pressure monitoring, external ventricular drains, orthopedic traction, and infection prevention protocols is required. Familiarity with high-flow nasal cannula, BiPAP/CPAP, and oxygen monitoring is also necessary. Candidates with extensive adult Progressive Critical Care Unit and community hospital ICU experience tend to excel in this role. The average patient load is 3 high acuity patients.