Local Contract Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Charleston, SC
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Regional
4x12 hrs, Nights

Unit Specifics:

• Number of Beds : 28- mixed ICU
• Type of equipment : i-mobile phones for each care team member, Mobile computer workstation on wheels
• Documentation system: Meditech
• Floating policy: Travelers are the first to float. Any traveler could be sent to the emergency department or PCU to take care of PCU or ICU holds.
• Patient Experience requirements: Bedside shift report is our method of patient hand off

Hospital Specifics-

• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIH Stroke Scale

• Must have: Ability to care for up to 1-3 ICU patients and have comfort in managing patients on the ventilator. Bedside shift report will occur on every patient with each transfer of care. Proficient in reading telemetry strips. 

  Advanced skills needed:

• CRRT
• Advanced Hemodynamics
• Phlebotomy
• Nurses administer breathing treatments outside of the ICU (Respiratory treatments: inhalers and nebulizers)
• Procedures performed on unit:  Post op day 0 CABG (fresh heart from OR), impellas, balloon pumps, Swan Ganz, and Advanced Hemodynamics. Neuro procedures for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, experience with EVDs, bolts, (Codman) and Artic Sun experience with induced hypothermia.
• BSN preferred, Advanced Certifications preferred, TNCC certification preferred