Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Bangor, ME
Talent4Health
4x12 hrs, Nights

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• About Facility:
  • Address: 489 State St. Bangor, ME 04401
  • Level II Trauma Center
  • Bed: 411
• General Information:
  • Beds: Varies, based on unit
  • Will you accept a traveler with 1-year experience? No, 2 years
  • Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
• Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
  • Please ask all travelers about charge experience and include in the offer if they have/have not worked in a CRN capacity
  • Multispecialty Critical Care patients: Medical/Surgical/Cardiac/Neuro/Ortho/Trauma/Interventional
  • Common diagnoses included but are not limited to: Stroke, ICP monitoring, EVD Drains, spinal precautions, DKA, Sepsis, Multisystem trauma, COVID, STEMI, NSTEMI, Heart failure
  • ICU Float Pool RNs could float to ER Hold/Obs and care for MedSurg level patients there and Stepdown units – this can happen as often as is needed
• Patient Ratios:
  • 1:2, based on acuity. May get 3rd patient as one is being downgraded
  • ED Hold/Obs: 1:4-5, dependent on acuity
• Required Licensure & Certifications:
  • BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS
• Skills required:
  • Neuro and Trauma experience is an absolute must – please decline travelers without this; Ventilator management, critical care drips/titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, measuring cardiac strips, drains, chest tubes, hemodynamic lines: art lines/CVP, Stroke experience
• Technology/Equipment:
• EMR: Cerner
• IV pumps: Alaris
• Medication dispensing: Pyxis
• Monitors:

Scheduling: 

• Weekend rotation: Every other
  • Day shift: Sat/Sun
  • Night shift: Fri/Sat
• On call? No
• Holiday Expectations: manager approval
• Approval of RTO: to go through manager
• Shift times: see posting
• Schedule cycle:
• Other notes:
• Scrub Color: Any color, must be professional
• No crocs with holes
• Parking: Free
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  • Monitors:
• Floating: If yes, where?
  • May be assigned as Critical Care Resource – confirm comfortability
  • This is a float pool position that floats between all levels of care, appropriate to care type – this does include floating into the ED to take ED holds (patients with admission orders) AND/OR ED Observation patients (holding orders but not fully admitted); will include patients within your scope of practice and below; as well as PACU Holds (patients with inpatient orders awaiting a bed)