Travel Nurse RN - Surgical Intensive Care Unit - $2,620 per week in Charlottesville, VA

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Surgical/Trauma ICU Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience in critical care License: Active nursing license required Certifications: BLS, ACLS required, TNCC preferred Must-Have: - Epic experience required - Charge experience preferred - Trauma Level I or II experience preferred Description: The Surgical/Trauma ICU is a fast-paced 15-bed intensive care unit. Special skills include arterial line management, chest tube care, and blood product administration.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Surgical/Trauma ICU Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience in critical care License: Active nursing license required Certifications: BLS, ACLS required, TNCC preferred Must-Have: - Epic experience required - Charge experience preferred - Trauma Level I or II experience preferred Description: The Surgical/Trauma ICU is a fast-paced 15-bed intensive care unit. This unit specializes in surgical and trauma adult critical care patients. The surgical critical care team manages post-operative patients needing continuous monitoring. The trauma critical care team manages patients with multisystem traumatic injuries. Patients in this unit often have multi-system conditions. Critical care nurses must be highly skilled in assessing and managing care. Nurse-to-patient ratios are typically 1:2, varying based on patient acuity. Staffing includes interdisciplinary support from various services. Special skills include arterial line management, chest tube care, and blood product administration. Nurses are expected to interpret arterial blood gases and manage ventilated patients. Floating within the scope of practice may be required as needed. Passengers must comply with all standard hospital policies.