Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,432 per week

Company: CHI St Anthony Hospital
Location: Pendleton
Posted on: September 27, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
  • Job Details
  • Come to OR for your next travel assignment. Hospital is looking for an ICU RN to help out for 13 weeks on nights.
    • Job Requirements
    • Must have ACLS, BLS, PALS and OR license.
    • Ratios: 1:2-3, unstable vent patients 1:1
    • Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
    • Common diagnoses/Types of patients: sepsis, respiratory failure, encephalopathy, DKA, COPD exacerbation, RSV/Influenza/COVID-19, occasional stable pediatric patients (mixed unit)- must be comfortable with all age populations.
    • Experience or 'Must have' skills: ventilator, drip titrations
    • Are RNs required to titrate drips? yes
    • Common titratable &/or set rate drips: heparin, vasopressors, Bumex, insulin, sedation/analgesia.
      • Schedule Information
      • Shifts & Scheduling: 1900-0700; 3 12-hour shifts/week
      • Weekend Requirement: every other
      • Holiday Requirement: negotiable
      • Is there a call or standby requirement? if placed on low census, expected to report within 30 minutes of call.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Unit: ICU
        • # of beds: 5
        • Ratios: 1:2-3, unstable vent patients 1:1
        • Common diagnoses/Types of patients: sepsis, respiratory failure, encephalopathy, DKA, COPD exacerbation, RSV/Influenza/COVID-19, occasional stable pediatric patients (mixed unit)- must be comfortable with all age populations.
        • Experience or 'Must have' skills: ventilator, drip titrations
        • Are RNs required to titrate drips? yes
        • Common titratable &/or set rate drips: heparin, vasopressors, Bumex, insulin, sedation/analgesia
        • Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: supervisor available 24/7, charge RN is a unit RN and takes a pt assignment
        • Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: day shift, 1 C.N.A. for the dept.
        • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: hospitalist in house
        • RT in ICU 24/7: in house, we are critical access, so they service the entire hospital
        • RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): vents, cpap/bipap, high flow n/c
        • Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? CCU RNs read telemetry strips for med-surg pts
        • Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy blue
        • Unit/Department specific orientation: 3-6 shifts, longer if needed
          • Additional Details
          • OR License - IF no Oregon License in hand, can apply for the 90 Day Oregon Emergency License
          • Unit: ICU
          • # of beds: 5
          • Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: supervisor available 24/7, charge RN is a unit RN and takes a pt assignment
          • Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: day shift, 1 C.N.A. for the dept.
          • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: hospitalist in house
          • RT in ICU 24/7: in house, we are critical access, so they service the entire hospital
          • RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): vents, cpap/bipap, high flow n/c
          • Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? CCU RNs read telemetry strips for med-surg pts
          • Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy blue
          • Unit/Department specific orientation: 3-6 shifts, longer if needed

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