ICU RN
Glendale, CA
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

ICU RN

Overview

• Travel contract for an experienced ICU nurse in Glendale, California.
• Contract length: 13 weeks.
• Shift: 12-hour days, 36 hours per week.

Unit

• ICU/CCU
• 12-bed ICU or 12-bed CCU

Required Qualifications

• Active BLS
• Active ACLS
• Active NIH
• Active CA License
• 2 full years of ICU experience

Preferred Qualifications

• EKG dysrhythmia course (advanced)

Clinical Details

• Ratios: 1:1 or 1:2
• Charge nurse: yes, no patient assignment
• Nurse aides: no
• Weekend requirement: every other weekend
• Holidays: worked in with permanent staff rotation
• Scrub color: navy
• Tele/monitor techs: GE; RN staff read and interpret strips
• Drips used: cardiozem, diprovan, amio, dopamine, dobutamine, fentanyl, versed
• Vents: yes
• Hospitalist or intensivist in house: no; all independent physicians
• IV team: no
• RT 24/7: yes
• Pharmacy 24/7: yes

Floating

• Staff float between ICU and CCU and possibly tele.
• May also float to the ER if willing; training provided if desired.
• First to float.

Patient Population

• ICU: sepsis, CHF, COPD, vented patients, no CRRT
• CCU: balloon pumps, post-cath, open heart, lobectomies, thrombectomies that have gone bad, spinals
• Travelers cannot take any open heart or balloon pumps

Orientation

• 2 to 3 shifts on unit
• 1 shift of orientation on tele if needed
• 3 shifts of orientation in the ER if floating there