Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Yakima, WA
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights, Flexible
Referral Bonus

• Role: ICU/Telemetry Registered Nurse
• Contract Length: 13 Weeks
• Shift: 12-Hour Nights
• Hours: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 Hours/Week

Experience Required

• Minimum 2 years of ICU/Telemetry nursing experience
• Must have completed at least 1 prior travel assignment
• First-time travelers are NOT accepted

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS

Required Clinical Skills

Candidates must have experience with:

• Chest tube management
• Wound VACs
• Dressing changes
• Monitoring femoral arterial sheaths
• Caring for post-cardiac catheterization patients
• Blood product administration
• BiPAP management

Preferred Skills

• Arterial line (A-line) management
• Impella device experience
• Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) experience

Required Medication/Drip Experience

Must be comfortable managing:

• Diltiazem
• Amiodarone
• Lasix
• Nitroglycerin (Nitro)
• Heparin

Patient Population

Cardiac

• Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
• Atrial Fibrillation with RVR
• Post-Cath patients
• TR Band management
• Femoral approach catheterization patients
• Femoral arterial sheaths (travelers monitor but do not remove them)

Critical Care

• Respiratory Distress
• BiPAP patients
• ICU overflow
• Telemetry patients

Medical/Surgical

• Diabetes Mellitus
• CVA (Stroke) overflow
• Vascular surgery patients
• Abdominal surgery patients
• Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery patients

Charting System

• Epic

Floating

• Required to float to:
  • ICU-level units
  • Lower-acuity units throughout the hospital (within scope)

Weekend Requirement

• Every other weekend

On-Call

• None