Travel Nurse RN - CTICU - Cardiothoracic Intensive Care - $2,232 per week

HealthEcareers - Client
Middletown, CT
$2.2K a week
Full-time

Certification Details

BLS, ACLS certifications are required.

Job Details

beds : 24 beds.

  • BLS, ACLS certifications are necessary.
  • Ratios : ICU - 1 : 2 or 1 : 1 according to acuity. IMCU - Days 1 : 3, Nights 1 : 4.
  • Charge Nurse present, but attempts to not take patient assignments.
  • Nurse Aides available : 1 Nurses' Aide per 8 patients.
  • Common diagnoses / Types of patients include CVA TPA, AAA, MI, Hypertension, Overdose, ETOH, Detoxing Precedex, Whipples, GI bleed, ECOS, External temporary pacers, A-fib RVR, Septic shock.

Job Requirements

  • BLS, ACLS certifications required.
  • Must be able to read and interpret monitoring strips.
  • Experience with high acuity patients including homeless, substance abuse, and mental health patients.
  • Ability to titrate all drips as needed.
  • Familiarity with the use of avea vents and experience with patient care requiring Bipap.

Schedule Information

  • EMR knowledge is required. Cerner in use, converting to Epic by Feb 2020.
  • 12-hour shifts starting at 7 AM.
  • Weekend requirement : Every other weekend.
  • Holiday duty : Every other holiday.
  • Shifts based around ICU or IMCU with the potential of floating to telemetry or IMCU. Floating could be a 1 : 5 ratio.
  • Two shifts of floor-specific orientation provided.

Unit Specific Information

  • ICU / IMCU Unit involvement.
  • Scrub Color : Caribbean blue. Black and white shirts may be worn under the uniform, but the top layer must be the uniform color.

Pants may be black or Caribbean blue.

  • Tele / Monitor Techs available as all rooms have Phillips IntelliVue; however, Nurses must still be able to read and interpret strips.
  • AVs (avea vents) are based out of ICU, IMCU supports Bipap.

Additional Details

  • Must be a strong team player, flexible, and empathetic.
  • Need strong customer service skills and compassion.
  • Will be dealing with very high acuity homeless, substance abuse, and mental health patients.
  • Expect very difficult patient cases.
  • 15 days ago
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