Critical Care/Intensive Care RN
Florence, Alabama
North Alabama Medical Center

Critical Care/Intensive Care RN

Overview

• Travel RN role in Florence, Alabama
• 13-week contract
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 7P-7A
• Every other weekend
• No call requirements
• Monday orientations

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Alabama
• 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
• NIHSS
• IV insertion skills
• Experience with arterial blood gas sampling
• Experience with NG tube placements
• Experience with ECG rhythm interpretation
• Experience with critical care drips and titrations
• Experience with ventilator management
• Experience with arterial lines
• Experience with chest tubes
• Experience with central line management
• Experience with bedside procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a teaching hospital with resident physicians
• Experience in a high-acuity ICU managing CRRT, IABP, arterial sheath pulls, and other devices
• Experience in SICU, MICU, CVICU, Neuro ICU, or PCU/Med-surg

Unit and Setting

• Home unit is CCU
• Critical Care Services on the 2nd floor
• Trauma Level 3
• 22-bed CCU
• 14-bed CVICU
• 31-bed CCSD

Float Scope

• Critical Care Unit
• CVICU overflow
• Critical Care Step-Down
• Med-Surg
• Floats first to CVICU or CCSD if needed

Clinical Focus

• Adult and geriatric patients
• Common cases include respiratory failure, ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, STEMI/NSTEMI, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, GI bleeds, post-operative GI disorders, CABGs, and vascular procedures

Skills and Experience

• Efficient time management
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Smart phone for communication via TigerConnect
• IV starts and blood draws
• NG tube placements
• ECG rhythm interpretation
• Lab and ABG interpretation
• Critical care drips and titrations
• Ventilator management
• Arterial lines
• Chest tubes
• Central venous lines, including large-volume Vas Caths
• Assisting physicians with bedside procedures and conscious sedation
• Strong communication with patients and families

Equipment and Systems

• SpaceLabs bedside monitoring
• Baxter/Spectrum IV pumps
• Kangaroo feeding pumps
• Hill-Rom critical care beds
• Ventilators
• Prismaflex CRRT machines
• Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
• Blanketrols
• Arctic Sun
• Rapid-Transfusion
• Fluid warming
• Zoll monitoring
• Meditech

Dress Code

• Royal blue scrubs
• Royal blue scrub pants must always be worn
• Neutral-colored solid T-shirts, sweatshirts, and vests are allowed if the NAMC logo is present