CVICU RN
Parkersburg, WV
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

CVICU RN

Location

• Parkersburg, West Virginia

Assignment Details

• 13-week travel nurse assignment in the CVICU unit
• 12-hour day shifts
• 36 hours per week
• Every other weekend
• Holidays as needed to fill the needs of the unit
• Self-scheduling and block scheduling requests are allowed and often granted, but may be changed during schedule balance periods
• Travelers float first
• Float mainly to ACU and ICU, and may also float to Med-Surg and Tele with a maximum of 6 patients
• Rare potential to work charge on night shift; night shift charge nurses take assignments

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in West Virginia
• CVICU (2 years of experience)
• CVICU experience within the last year
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with Post-Operative Open Heart patients
• Experience working with NSTEMI or Post Cardiac Cath or STEMI patients
• Driver's License
• Experience with CRRT
• Experience with temporary pacemakers
• Experience with post-permanent pacemaker care
• Experience with acute MI pre- and post-catheterization
• Experience with mediastinal and chest tube management
• Experience with ventilator management
• Experience with therapeutic hypothermia protocol
• Experience with arterial lines
• Experience with the listed drips
• Must be able to titrate drips
• Unexpired driver’s license must be submitted
• 50-mile radius rule applies

Preferred Qualifications

• Fresh open heart experience
• IABP/Impella experience
• Hemodynamic monitoring/Swan-Ganz experience

Unit Details

• CVICU has 18 beds
• Mixed acuity with Step Down and ICU status patients
• Nurse-to-patient ratios:

  • 1:1 for fresh hearts and devices
  • 1:2 for ICU status patients
  • 1:3 for step down status patients
• Common patient types include atrial fibrillation, heart blocks, bradycardia, NSTEMI, STEMI, cardiac arrest, hyper/hypotension, pulmonary embolisms, cardiogenic shock, heart surgery including CABG/valves, heart failure, and thoracic surgery including VATS and lobectomy
• 1-2 PCTs per shift
• Hospitalist or intensivist in house
• RT in ICU 24/7
• RT equipment includes vent, trach-vent, bipap, cpap, hiflow, and trilogy
• Monitors are watched by monitor techs off unit, but alarms are addressed by RNs; RNs read their own strips every 4 hours
• Philips monitors
• Royal blue scrubs
• 1 week of orientation, including modules, Epic training, and orientation with a unit RN

Common Drips

• Cardizem
• Cordarone
• Cardene
• Nitroglycerin
• Esmolol
• Cleviprex
• Milrinone
• Dopamine
• Dobutamine
• Lasix
• Bumex
• Epinephrine
• Levophed
• Vasopressin
• Insulin
• Heparin
• Aggrastat
• Precedex
• Propofol
• Versed
• Fentanyl