ICU RN
Santa Rosa, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit Location not provided. This position provides comprehensive nursing care to adult and geriatric patients with complex and potentially life-threatening conditions. Responsibilities include assessment, care planning, medication and treatment administration, patient advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, documentation, and evaluation of patient outcomes.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: California Registered Nurse licensure; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; MAB training; at least 2 years of experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience, community hospital experience, and Level I or Level II trauma experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for adult and geriatric patients with conditions including gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetic ketoacidosis, cardiac interventions, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or congestive heart failure exacerbation, acute respiratory failure, sepsis, acute withdrawal, cerebrovascular accidents, abdominal surgeries, pancreatitis, and oncology-related conditions.
  • Maintains a patient assignment ratio of approximately 2:1.
  • Required charting system experience includes Epic.
  • Provides care involving ventilated patients, central lines, arterial lines, chest tubes, blood products, continuous intravenous sedation, renal failure, dysrhythmias, vasoactive medications, ventilator management, and other complex critical-care interventions.
  • Participates in patient and family education, multidisciplinary care conferences, outcome evaluation, and accurate clinical documentation.
  • Receives interdisciplinary support from respiratory services, physical therapy, pharmacy, radiology, laboratory services, social services, rapid response teams, and other clinical support departments.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits