Neuro ICU RN
Kansas City, Missouri
Research Medical Center

RN - ICU

Employment: Travel Location: Kansas City, Missouri Contract Length: 13 weeks Hours per Week: 36

Unit

• Unit Name: Neuro ICU
• Beds: 32
• Patient Ratio: 2:1
• Schedule: 3 twelve-hour shifts, every other weekend (or 4 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule period)
• Dress Code: Navy scrub top (no t-shirts), navy or black scrub bottoms, and navy, white, or black solid-color jackets and undershirts
• Awards/Recognition: Comprehensive Stroke Center; Level 1 Trauma Center
• Other Unit Details: MICU (16 beds) and SICU (16 beds)

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Neuro ICU experience of at least 1 year, including experience within the last year
• ACLS certification
• BLS certification
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with trauma patients
• Experience working with cardiac patients
• Experience working with surgical patients
• Experience working with stroke patients
• Experience with ventilator management
• Experience with hemodynamic monitoring
• Experience with IV administration of vasoactive medications
• Experience with chest tube management
• Experience with immediate post-operative care

Clinical Scope

• Requested Skills: Trauma patient management, IV vasoactive medication administration, ventilator management, chest tube management, post-op surgical patient care, cardiac rhythm identification and management, hemodynamic monitoring, stroke patient care
• Advanced Skills Required: Hemodynamic and ventilator management
• Procedures Performed on Unit: Chest tube placement, ventriculostomy, moderate sedation, CRRT, therapeutic hypothermia, ECMO, arterial line placement, and central line placement

Float Scope

May float to like units: NSICU, Cardiac Telemetry, Progressive Care Unit, Burn Unit, and ED Inpatient Overflow, plus other units as overall hospital needs require.