Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
Kalispell, MT
TNAA TotalMed RN
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

SIMPLIFI Interviews then Manager reviews UNIT: PICU    Certs Required: BLS, PALS.  Experience Required: 2+ years PICU experience. If traveler went straight into PICU out of school, need minimum 3 years. Starting IVs, foleys, dressing changes, wound vacs, vent/trach management, suctioning, G/GJ tube management, tube feeds, chest tubes, epidurals, PCAs, critical drip management, discharging skills. If low census in PICU, could be working independently (charge RN PICU trained).  Will work PICU and MedSurg peds.  FLoating: Could float to NICU and Postpartum for lower acuity patients. If floating to Postpartum, could care for couplets (mom and babies). Couplets are 6+ hours post-delivery. Will only care for stable couplets. NO laboring moms. Can get extra orientation if floating here  Patient Ratios: PICU: 1:1-2 Peds MedSurg: 1:3-4   Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: Respiratory: high flow, CPAP, BiPAP, vent, fresh and established trachs, RSV, asthma, Covid, flu Medical: MIS-C, new onset diabetes with insulin drips, chronically ill, oncology (will not give chemo) Surgical: appys, g-tubes, ENT, bowel obstruction, broken bones Trauma: falls, MVAs, drownings, ski accidents, only pediatric neurosurgeon Neuro: EVDs (required), shunts, bolts, cranies, Chiari malformation, epilepsy, seizures, 24h EEGs. Only pediatric neurosurgeon on MT here Cardiac: no cardiac surgeries or interventions. Will see medically managed congenital defect, abnormal rhythm. No dialysis, CRRT, ECMO, transplants, major burns