Travel Nurse RN - ICU/Critical Care in Wausau, WI

1. General job duties. Types of procedures required.

ICU Nursing Care, generally a 2 : 1 ratio. Lots of vents and drips. Must be comfortable with pulling lines. May need to assist with beside line placement, bronchs, chest tubes, etc.

Contract staff will not be recovering fresh post-op heart surgeries

2. Equipment utilized in the unit / dept. (Is there computerized charting, medication systems, etc.)

Epic, Pyxis, Client Monitors, Stryker ICU beds, Maquet Booms, IABPs

3. Required skills and minimum years of experience.

2 years Cardiac ICU experience

4. Specific licensures and certifications / registrations required. (ARRT, CRT, BLS, ACLS, etc)

WI RN license, current BLS and ACLS, prefer CCRN - not required

5. Shift or schedule requirements. (Will the employee ever work alone? Is call required? If so, how often? Are weekends required?)

Will never work alone; no call required

Required every other weekend and every other holiday; all 12 hour shifts

6. Floating to other units / departments. (If so, to which units / departments?)

Float between MSICU and CICU is most likely, then to the step-down units (CTU and IMC) if needed, and there is a possibility of floating to the Med-Surg inpatient units if there is a need : Palliative, Onc, Medical, Post-Surgical and also Inpatient Rehab and Clinical Decision Unit.

Contract staff is first to float - consistent throughout the facility.

7. Bed size / number of rooms for this unit / dept.

12 beds / 12 rooms

8. Nurse to patient ratio of this unit. (nursing only)

Usually 2 : 1; certain circumstances may be 1 : 1 - CRRT, very unstable; occasionally may require 3 : 1 if there are step- down patients in CICU as Overflow

9. Dress Code :

Scrubs - any color, close-toed nonslip shoes

10. Tell us about the unit / department specific training and orientation program.

General Nursing Orientation and 2 orientation shifts in the unit

Additional Comments :

New unit - has been open for 1 year and was designed by RNs. All rooms have ceiling lifts, Nurse Servers, Booms. Typical patients are post-op heart surgery, complicated ablations and vascular surgeries, induced hypothermia, acute MI, arrhythmias, and some overflow ICU

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