Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Shreveport, LA
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

🏥 Facility Snapshot

• 700+ bed hospital → large, high-volume system
• Primary Stroke Center
• Chest pain accredited
• ICU size: 17 beds
• Patient ratio: 1:2

👉 Big hospital = more resources, but also busier and more system-driven

🔑 Requirements

• 1.5+ years ICU experience
• First-time travelers accepted, BUT:
  • Must have 2 years perm acute care RN experience
• Certifications:
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • NIHSS
• Must pass EKG exam before start (important screen point)

👩‍⚕️ Patient Population

• Adult medical + surgical ICU
• Expect:
  • Stroke patients
  • Cardiac cases
  • General critical illness

Core skills:

• Vent management
• IV med titration
• Vasoactive drips
• Total care of critically ill patients

👉 This is a true general ICU, not specialized

⚙️ Support & Staffing

• CNA: inconsistent (may or may not have help)
• Charge nurse: may take patients
• RT: 24/7
• Hospitalist: 24/7
• PICC team available

👉 Translation:

• You’ll have clinical support, but floor help (CNAs) isn’t reliable

🔄 FLOATING (Major Consideration)

• Required to float to:
  • CCU
  • Stepdown
  • Med-Surg (frequently)

👉 This is one of the biggest flags:

• You are not staying ICU-only
• Must be comfortable taking lower acuity assignments

⏰ Scheduling (Unusual Pattern)

• Alternating weeks:
  • 4 shifts one week
  • 3 shifts next week
• Possible patterns:
  • 2 on / 2 off
  • 5 on / 5 off
• Every other weekend
• No call

👉 That 5 on / 5 off pattern can be great—or exhausting depending on preference

📋 Time Off Rules

• Only 1 weekend RTO per contract
• Other RTO requires manager approval
• Must work 2 of 3 major holidays

💻 Systems

• EMR: Meditech Expanse
• Pumps: Alaris
• Meds: Pyxis