ICU RN
Rancho Mirage, California
Eisenhower Medical Center

ICU RN

Overview

• Travel/Contract role in Rancho Mirage, California
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 19:00–7:00
• 13-week contract
• Unit: ICU
• Average daily census: 20
• No first-time travelers

Schedule / Float

• Required to work 3–4 weekend shifts per month
• May be placed on call
• May float to MS/Tele and SDU

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with STEMI patients
• Experience working with Post Cardiac Cath patients
• Experience working with Neuro patients
• Experience with arterial lines
• Experience with central line management
• IV insertion skills
• Experience with conscious or moderate sedation
• Experience with ventilator management
• PICC line management
• Experience with Epic

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of ICU experience
• CCRN
• CRRT
• ICP
• Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/Intervention skills
• Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring skills
• Sheath removal skills
• GI Surgery
• CVVHD/CRRT/Shunts and Fistula Care skills
• External ventricular drains (EVD)
• ICP Monitoring
• Post Neurosurgery management
• Assist with management of CPAP
• Phlebotomy skills
• Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac skills
• EPIC experience

Clinical Focus / Experience Notes

• Adult ICU; no trauma, no BMT
• Strong cardiac experience needed
• Respiratory, stroke, sepsis, DKA, post-operative complication, STEMI, chest pain, and MI experience are emphasized
• Pre/post cardiac cath experience required
• CVICU/CTICU cardiothoracic surgery experience may be needed
• Strong neuro assessment skills, including hemorrhagic stroke

Special Procedures / Skills Mentioned

• Central line placement
• Arterial line placement
• EKG
• Peripheral A-Line experience
• Cardiac drips: norepinephrine, dopamine, vasodepressin, neosynepherine, epi, amino
• Drips: precedex, propofol, heparin
• Intubation
• Tracheostomy
• Thoracentesis
• Paracentesis
• Dialysis catheter placement
• Therapeutic hypothermia
• IABP, only if specified CVICU/CTICU
• Pacemaker

Orientation

• 24 hours total
• 3 days NEO nights
• 1 day shift

Scrub Color

• Navy