Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Auburn, WA
TNAA TotalMed RN
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

SIMPLIFI CLINICAL INTERVIEWS
UNIT: NURSING RESOURCE FLOAT to PCU and ED Hold.

Active WA/Compact license. 
Certs Required: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS. (CCRN preferred)
Experience Required: 2 years recent ICU exp. within the last year to submit here. Cardiac Rhythm interpretation and telemetry monitoring, vent/trachs and bipap management, invasive line management, ostomy, general drains, chest tubes, IV medication titration. ICU nurse may act as “lead” in ED holding. We frequently have inpatient holds in the ED and the RN resource team helps us care for them until we find a bed on one of the units.  The lead position is similar to a charge nurse position where they assist the nurses and help with patient flow, assignments and placement. EPIC is required.

FLOATING:
ED Overflow – will spend majority of time here (as of 4/5)
ICU to care for PCU level patients
Travelers float first
Travelers could float to Covington Medical Center, about 15-20 minutes away. This is pretty rare. They could take care of patients within their scope of practice and below. Travelers will typically know in advance if they must float over there.

Consider first time traveler?: Yes

Patient Types: 
Traveler will spend majority of contract caring for PCU level patients in the ED overflow
Travelers have been in 25% ICU and 75% PCU of the time during their contract
Respiratory Failure, ESRD, AKI, COPD, GI Bleeds, DKA, Sepsis, General Post-operative Patients, CVA’s, ETOH, Overdose, 
No craniotomies, major traumas, or major cardiothoracic

Weekend rotation: every other

Patient Ratios: 
ICU: 1:1-2, based on acuity 
PCU: 1:4
MedSurg: 1:5
May take PCU assignment in the ICU