Certification Details
Required Certifications : BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Job Details
- A hospital in Southern Idaho is in need of ICU RN's to work a 13 week travel assignment.
- The nurses will work 12 hour shifts and it is preferred that they have previous travel experience.
Job Requirements
- Must have 2 years ICU experience
- Prefer experience in similar size or larger ICU and hospital
- Are RNs required to titrate drips : Yes
- Experience or 'Must have' skills : Must have 2 years ICU experience
- Common titratable & / or set rate drips : Dopamine, Epi, Norepi, cardene, nitro, neo, vasopressin, diltiazem, insulin, esmolol
Schedule Information
- Shifts & Scheduling : 12 hours, 7-7 : 30
- Utilize travel RNs to fill staffing needs after our staff schedule
- Do our best to group night shifts and meet requests to self schedule
- Weekend Requirements : Every Other or half of the weekends
- Holiday Requirements : Yes- if there is a need, do try to work with requests
- Is there a call or standby requirement : No
Unit Specific Information
Unit Details : Intensive Care Unit Boise Hospital Flr 3
of beds : SICU (neuro ICU patients are on this floor as well)-16, MICU-16
- Common diagnoses / Types of patients : CABG, CVA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral brain hemorrhage, GI bleeds, DKA, STEMI, Septic Shock, OD, Resp failure, neuro surgery, open hearts
- Nurse : Patient Ratios : 1 : 1 and 1 : 2
- Charge Nurse / House Supervisor : Charge nurse on each unit, does not routinely take an assignment
- Resource nurse available on each unit
- Are there nurse aids on this unit / Ratios : Yes, 1 : 8
- 2 CNAs per unit on days, 1-1.5 per unit on nights
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house : Yes, both
- RT in ICU 24 / 7 : Yes- staff a minimum of 2 in each ICU
- RT Equipment : Vents, BiPAP, Cpap
- Are there Tele / Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips : RN monitor and read, Spacelabs
- Floating Requirements : Will float to other ICUs in the Valley- Meridian Medical Center and Nampa Medical Center May be floated outside of ICU to be a 1 : 1 sitter
- Scrub Color / Dress Code : No requirement
- Unit / Department specific orientation : 1-2 Shifts
Additional Details
- ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
- LATE OCTOBER STARTS FOR 26 WEEKS
- This facility has a radius rule of 50 miles
- Candidates' perm address is required in the submittal to confirm they are outside of that specified radius before proceeding with the profile review
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