Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Show Low, AZ
Voca Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Retention Bonus

Shift: 12 hour nights

:Start date: ASAPOrientation: Every Monday

Shift & Scheduling: 12 hr Nights 1800-0630 -We have a modified self-scheduling but allow people to block schedule as best as we can.

Weekend Requirement: 3 weekend shifts per 4 week schedule minimum. 

Some like to work all weekends and others don't like to work them at all. As long as it's covered, it really doesn't matter to me. Floating Requirement: - May float to ED or MS if experiencedRequired certifications: - ACLS, BLS & NIHSS required# of beds - 12 bedsRatios typically 1:2Exp or Must have skills - 2 years of experience required- Respiratory Therapist in unit 24/7- Support staff on unit: Patient Care Technician, Health Unit Secretary- Nurse manager occasionally see patients (when needed)- Need experience with basic ICU equipment- Common cases: Left Heart Caths, Coronary Interventions, STEMIs, IVUS, IFR/FFR, Temporary Pacemaker Insertion, IABP Insertion- Type of equipment utilized: GE floor mounted C-Arm and Table, Volcano System, Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemo System, Getinge IABP, No open heart or neuro surgery, no fresh transplants (could have a patient with a history of transplant).....pretty much anything else. Most common: pneumonia, vents, post caths, EVAR, surgeries, ETOH/OD, ARDS, DKA, CVA after tPA, afib RVR, sepsis, renal failure - IABP (skill not required), a lines, hypothermia protocol-Common Drips -Amiodorone, Cardizem, Levophed, Precedex, Propofol, Fentanyl, Vecuronium, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Insulin, Heparin (weight based), Norepinepherine - The number of vents vary monthly; typically 1-2 at all times. ETOH is sedated - House Supervisor (called Administrative Shift Coordinator ASC) in house 24/7