Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Asheville, North Carolina
Mission Hospital - Memorial Campus

STICU RN

Overview

• Travel assignment in Asheville, North Carolina
• 13-week contract
• 36 hours per week
• Unit: STICU
• Location: K Tower
• 20-bed unit
• Patient ratio: 1:2

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience within the last year
• ACLS
• BLS
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma or Level 2 Trauma patients

Preferred

• No preferred qualifications listed

Unit Details

• Travelers float before core staff
• May float to MICU, NSICU, CVICU, CICU, or Step Down
• Required weekend shifts: 6
• Schedule is built in 6-week blocks
• Modified self-scheduling

Clinical Environment

• Acute Care ICU skills
• No LTAC experience considered
• Procedures performed include intubation, extubation, chest tube placement, central line placement, A-line placement, Foley placement, bronchoscopy, endoscopy, proning, TPA administration, hypertonic medication administration, trach placement, EVD/bold placement, CRRT/HD, irrigation and debridement, and minor surgery

Equipment and Systems

• Cerner Power Chart
• EVDs, Camino/bolts, wound vacs, Baxter IV pumps, GE Carescape bedside monitors, GE ventilators, iCool machines, Blanketrol blanket, Bair Hugger, Prisma Max CRRT, Zoll, Kangaroo feeding pumps, and Alaris PCA pumps

Additional Notes

• Scrub colors: navy or white
• Kind, compassionate patient experience expected
• Team players with positive attitudes and flexibility are desired