ICU RN
Lubbock, TX
TalentBurst, Inc
3x12 hrs, Days

TRAVEL EXP REQ - ICU RN - Req 11109

Will position float between units: Yes
Is on-call required? Unknown
Are weekends required? Yes 6 weekend shifts to fulfill unit needs
Are block schedules required? No
What are expected ratios? 1:2
Special requirements: Experience:ICU,CV surgery, trauma, ventilators, chest tubes, CVL, EVD's, Neurosurgery, lab interpretation
Are 48 hours approved: yes

Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care
Total Staffed Beds: 379
Level II Trauma Center
Department Uniform/Dress:
a. The dress code for licensed nursing personnel (RN, LVN) is solid navy blue colored uniforms or scrub attire. (Scrub tops may have colored piping.) Print tops are not acceptable attire except for licensed staff in the Children's Hospital (PED, Pedi, PICU, NICU). Women's Services (L&D, Mom/ Baby) will meet the requirements for their unit specific scrub attire.
b. The dress code for unlicensed personnel (US, CNA, PCA, NT, MT) is solid hunter green colored uniforms or scrub attire. Print tops are not acceptable except in the areas noted above.
Parking Notes: Free in any unrestricted space, Please park in any of the free surface parking lots with signs that say Employee/Visitor Parking

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:
  -
• Years of Experience:
  2 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  -
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  Preferred
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  Preferred
• Travel Experience Required:
  Yes
  Note: seasoned traveler is required
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Professional Topics and Skills

  Activated Clotting Time (ACT)
  Fibrinogen
  Infection Prevention
  INR
  Isolation Precautions/PPE
  Management of high-output drains
  Massive transfusion protocol*
  Monitoring for abdominal compartment syndrome*
  Phlebotomy*
  PT/PTT

  Genitourinary/Renal

  Acute Kidney Injury*
  Chronic/Acute Renal failure*
  CVVHD/CRRT*
  Intake and Output monitoring
  Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management
  Urine output assessment

  IV therapy

  Arterial line management
  Blood Product Administration
  Central line care/management
  PICC line management
  Starting and maintaining IVs
  TPN/Lipids

  Respiratory/Thoracic

  Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal
  BiPAP/CPAP management
  Care of Ventilated Patient
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
  Pulmonary edema
  Pulmonary embolism
  Respiratory failure
  Suctioning (ETT, NT)
  Ventilator Management

  Work Settings

  Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
  Medical Intensive Care Unit*
  Neuro Intensive Care Unit*
  Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  Trauma Intensive Care Unit*

  Cardiovascular

  Central Venous Pressure Monitoring (CVP)
  Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  Epicardial Pacing Wire Care and Management
  Impella*
  Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR)
  Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention
  Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring
  Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
  Valve Repair/Replacement

  Medications

  Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade
  Continuous IV sedation
  Emergency Medications
  Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring
  Titrate Cardiac drips
  Titrate Vasoactive drips

  Neurological

  CVA/Acute Stroke management
  External ventricular drain (EVD)*
  ICP monitoring*
  Lumbar drains*
  Post Craniotomy*
  Post Neurosurgery management*
  Spinal cord injury*
  Traumatic Brain injury*

  Gastrointestinal

  GI surgery*
  Liver failure*

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

  Interpretation of dysrhythmias
  Management of dysrhythmias
  Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
  Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  IV insulin protocols*

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