Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $1,846 per week

Company: Yavapai Regional Medical Center - West
Location: Prescott
Posted on: October 9, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS, ACLS required
• Nurses must be able to interpret strips
  • Job Details
  • Specialty: Staffing Resources Float Pool (ICU/MS/Tele/PCU)
  • Will include inpatients holding in ED across both campuses
  • Average census is 20 for West stepdown; 95 beds for West med tele, divided into 4 areas
  • Experience or 'Must have' skills: at least 1 year in ICU setting
    • Job Requirements
    • Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS
    • Experience in ICU setting for at least 1 year
    • RNs required to titrate drips
    • Must be comfortable managing majority of Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Insulin drips
      • Schedule Information
      • Shifts 7-7 for AM and PM
      • Schedule published 6 weeks out for 4 weeks at a time
      • Travelers need to be flexible
      • Night shift will try to accommodate for block scheduling
      • Every Other Weekend Requirements
      • Holiday Requirements in perm staff rotation
      • Call or standby requirement on shifts with excessive staff
      • Units assigned 2 hours prior to shift via text message from staffing office
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Float Pool includes ICU, MedSurg Tele, and PCU across both campuses
        • Nurse:Patient Ratios: PCU 1:4 MedSurg Tele 1:5-6
        • Charge Nurse/Supervisor on each unit; will not take assignments
        • RNs read strips; monitor techs monitor PCU and Medsurg Tele
        • RT Equipment includes CPAP or Bipap at night in MedSurg; BiPAP, CPAP, and Heated High flow in PCU
        • Scrub Color/Dress Code: Solid color professional scrubs; will align in October with Dignity guideline (Navy scrubs)
        • Unit/Department specific orientation: 8-hour general hospital orientation, 12-hour shifts at West MedTele and PCU, similar for East campus
          • Additional Details
          • Geriatric patients, ortho patients, strong cath lab program
          • Caring for groin sites in stepdown unit
          • Post MI, post Cardiac Cath. CABG post-op day 3-4
          • Will include travelers in perm staff rotation for holidays
          • May need to be on standby for 12 hours with possibility of being called in

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