ICU RN
Macon, GA
Lamb Staffing
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

RN - ICU ● About Facility: o 637 licensed beds o Level 1 Trauma Designation o Teaching Hospital o Chest Pain Center o Stroke Center ● Unit Information: o Beds: 14 ▪ Average census: 14 o Experience: 2+ years ICU RN experience o First-time travelers welcome ● Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: o Medical ICU patients o Common diagnoses: respiratory failure, renal failure, sepsis, GI Bleed, DKA, hypotension, hypertension, stroke, pneumonia, cancer, ARDS, overdoses o Chronic ventilators and chronic trachs o Hemodynamically unstable patients requiring invasive monitoring and/or close observation ● Patient Ratios: o RN: 1:1-2 (rarely but possible 3) o CNA: 1-2 per shift ● Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance: o NIHSS, BLS, and ACLS certification required o CCRN (critical care nursing certification) preferred but not required ● Skills required: o trach chare, chest tube management, PIV starts, glucommander, insulin drips, heparin drips, drips to titrate to HR and BP o Management of vasoactive medications o Monitoring and management of invasive lines i.e. arterial lines, central venous lines, pulse oximetry, intracranial pressure monitoring o Assist/management of a variety of bedside procedures i.e. chest tube placement/management, tracheostomy, peg tube placement o TABLO o Management of patients on ventilator support ● Support within the Department: o CNA duties: Yes - assist with VS, Glucose Checks, baths, feeding, ambulating patients, assisting turning patients, hourly rounding, transporting patients as needed (Hospital has designated Transport Team); obtain blood from blood bank o Unit secretary/HUC: Unit secretary on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a o Charge nurse may have patients o Phlebotomy: Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; nurses drawn from CVLs o IV/VAT team: Not an IV team - do have a PICC team o Resource nurse: Yes, we have discharge nurses, resource team floats to all units o RT 24/7: yes o Hospitalist 24/7: yes o Intensivist 24/7: yes o Telemetry monitor tech: Central Telemetry Unit ● Technology/Equipment: o EMR: EPIC o IV Pump: Alaris o Med dispensing: Pyxis o Monitors: Phillips o Unit specific equipment: ▪ VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips ▪ Belmont Rapid Infuser ▪ TABLO ▪ PCA pain management ▪ SCD s (sequential compression devices) ▪ Cooling and heating blankets-devices ● Floating: o All adult ICU units in house including PCU ● Orientation (facility and unit): o 1 day orientation with work on educational modules o 2 days departmental