ICU RN
Redlands, California
Redlands Community Hospital

ICU RN

Overview

• Specialty: Registered Nurse
• Location: Redlands, California
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Shift: Day, 3x12 hours, 7:00 AM–7:30 PM
• Hours per week: 36
• Contract length: 13 weeks

Role Summary

• ICU RN for a community hospital ICU
• First-time travelers will be considered
• On-call, weekend, and float coverage required

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience within the last year
• ACLS
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Multi-system Organ Failure
• Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR)
• IV insulin protocols
• GI surgery
• Chronic/Acute Renal failure
• Arterial line management
• PICC line management
• Continuous IV sedation
• Procedural Sedation Administration
• Titrate Cardiac drips
• Titrate Vasoactive drips
• CVA/Acute Stroke management

Required Skills / Experience

• Accessing ports
• Blood product administration
• Central line care and management
• Starting IVs
• Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun
• ICP monitoring
• External ventricular drains (EVD)
• Post-neurosurgery management
• Traumatic brain injury
• Assist with BiPAP
• Assist with CPAP
• Assist with chest tube insertion/removal
• Care of ventilated patient
• High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC)
• Interpretation of ABGs
• Suctioning (ETT, NT)
• Ventilator management
• Infection prevention
• Isolation precautions and PPE use
• Phlebotomy
• Surgical wounds with drains/wound vac

Preferred Experience

• Neuro Intensive Care Unit
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• ECMO
• Post-cardiac surgery directly from the OR
• Pre/post cardiac cath intervention
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring
• Sheath removal

Additional Notes

• Documentation system: Meditech
• Communication style: SBAR
• Dress code: blue scrubs, plain/no logos, not provided