Critical Care Float RN
Columbus, OH
RadHealth+
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse - Critical Care Float

Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)

Columbus, OH 43210

Description:
Description:
Join our Critical Care Float Pool for weekend Day shifts with flexibility to meet unit needs as they arise. Nurses will float to a variety of ICUs based on staffing and patient acuity, including:
• Neuro ICU
• Surgical ICUs
• Medical ICUs (MICU x2)
• Cardiology/Diagnostics
• CVICU
• SICU / MICU / NCCU
Float Policy:
Nurses are required to float within units of equivalent or lower acuity.
Requirements:
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience
• BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS – Required
• Proficiency with EPIC – Required
• Must have:
o IV Start
o Telemetry
o Ventilator management experience
Previous travel nursing experience strongly preferred
 

• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred

  ACLS, BLS, NIHSS

• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  IV therapy

  Accessing/Managing Ports

  Arterial line management

  Blood Product Administration

  Central line care/management

  PICC line management

  Starting and maintaining IVs

  Respiratory/Thoracic

  Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal*

  BiPAP/CPAP management

  Care of Ventilated Patient

  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)

  Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)

  Suctioning (ETT, NT)

  Ventilator Management

  Work Settings

  Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)*

  Medical Intensive Care Unit

  Neuro Intensive Care Unit

  Surgical Intensive Care Unit

  Genitourinary/Renal

  Chronic/Acute Renal failure

  Medications

  Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade*

  Continuous IV sedation

  Emergency Medications

  Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring

  Titrate Cardiac drips

  Titrate Vasoactive drips

  Cardiovascular

  Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)*

  Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR)

  Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring*

  Sheath Removal*

  Neurological

  CVA/Acute Stroke management

  External ventricular drain (EVD)

  ICP monitoring*

  Lumbar drains*

  Gastrointestinal

  GI surgery

  Professional Topics and Skills

  Infection Prevention

  Isolation Precautions/PPE

  Phlebotomy

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

  Interpretation of dysrhythmias

  Management of dysrhythmias

  Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure

  Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  IV insulin protocols