Travel Nurse RN - CVICU
Peoria, IL
ADN Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

RN

Overview

• Specialty: Adult Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Location: Peoria, Illinois
• Contract length: 15 weeks
• Shift: Nights
• Hours: 36 per week
• Schedule: 12-hour shifts, 7p-7a
• Weekend requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday requirement: Every other holiday
• Floating: Float to every level of care; travelers are expected to take a full team

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Illinois
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• CVICU experience within the last year
• 2 years of CVICU experience
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Ability to interpret cardiac strips
• Ability to titrate vasoactive and sedative drips

Preferred Qualifications

• ACLS preferred
• CCRN a plus

Clinical Expectations

• Must be able to titrate drips
• Must be able to read and interpret telemetry strips
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment
• Must be able to care for complex cardiovascular ICU patients independently from the start

Unit Details

• 20 private, monitored beds
• Patient ratios vary by acuity: 1:1, 1:2, or 2:1
• Charge nurses are present 24/7 and may take teams
• House supervisor is present 24/7
• PCT support is available
• Respiratory therapists are available 24/7
• Monitor techs are available

Common Patient Population

• Post open-heart surgical patients
• CABG, valve, CABG/valve, dissections, AAA, vascular procedures, carotids
• Post cardiovascular procedures
• STEMI, unstable angina, unstable N-STEMI
• Cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy, severe heart failure
• Targeted temperature management
• Transcutaneous pacing, transvenous pacing
• TAVRs
• Cardiac-related ICU patients, including ventilated patients and overflow patients from other ICUs

Equipment and Treatments

• IABPs, Impellas, Swan-Ganz, ECMO, external pacemakers, CRRT
• PICC lines, midlines, CVCs, Swan lines, arterial lines
• Ventilators, CPAP, BPAP, heated high flow, nitric oxide
• Temporary pacemakers
• Multiple titratable drips, including dopamine, dobutamine, levophed, epi, neo, vasopressin, cleviprex, propofol, fentanyl, versed, insulin, heparin, and esmolol

Dress Code

• Scrubs must be clean and appropriate
• Scrubs are not provided