Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Seattle, WA
First Connect Health
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

#MUST have EPIC Experience -- MUST have PRIOR Floating Experience (float pool shifts, other facilities, and/or floating to other floors/units); 

General Hospital Orientation (GHO) - Monday Orientations (Weekly) Unit/Department High Acuity Float Pool What units are included in the float pool Critical Care Unit, Observation, Med Surg, General Surgery, Ortho Surgery, Short Stay Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Telemetry and Progressive Care Nurse:
Patient Ratios We have standard AACN CCU staffing. 

Assignments are 1-2 depending on acuity. You may have 1-3 is the acuity of the assignment is lower and or they have transfer orders Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS?) BLS, ACLS, NIHSS - if device trained, yes you can get checked off and take devices if recent and comfortable; WA or Compact License Common diagnoses/Types of patients Medical, Surgical, Neuro and cardiac Experience or 'Must have' skills ICU 2 years, high acuity preferred Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes 

Common titratable &/or set rate drips Epi, Norepi, Dobutamine, Propofol, Esmolol, Hydromorphone, Midazolam, CIS Charge Nurse/House Supervisor?
Does the charge nurse take an assignment? 
Charge/Res are free Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios yes, usually 1-2 depending on the daily census RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc) Vent, High flow, Bipap, cpap Is there tele on this unit? 
Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? 
Phillips monitors, at least 1 MT, yes RN read strips Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?) 
Yes, self scheduling 
Weekend Requirements 3 weekend shifts per schedule Holiday Requirements Yes

 Is there a call or standby requirement? No How are units assigned? i.e. via text message, daily sheet assignments, set schedule? Charge RN creates assignments at 0645-1845 RNs choose assignments Scrub Color/Dress Code Royal Blue Unit/Department specific orientation General Hospital Orientation, Myles Modules, Cerner Validation class, on unit orientation -2 shift in the ICU

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