Sobre

• Description
• Registered Nurse - CVICU
• 13 week contract
• Night 3x12-Hour (18:30 - 07:00) | Option of 36 or 48hrs
• Call/float may be required
• Pre-Approved Time Off:1 Request

Patient Ratios

• Days: 1:2
• Nights: 1:2
• Weekends: 1:2
• Requirements
• 2+ years of experience (Previous travel experience preferred)
• NM or Compact RN license (required at time of application)
• Required Certifications: ACLS and BLS

• Scrubs: Any color, no logo

Skills

• IV Therapy
• Arterial line management
• Blood product administration
• Central line care/management
• PICC line management
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Respiratory/Thoracic
• Assist with chest tube insertion/removal
• Assist with management of BiPAP
• Assist with management of CPAP
• Care of ventilated patients
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs)
• Suctioning (ETT, NT)
• Ventilator management
• Work Settings
• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
• Genitourinary/Renal
• Chronic/acute renal failure
• CVVHD/CRRT
• Medications
• Continuous IV sedation
• Procedural sedation administration
• Titrate cardiac drips
• Titrate vasoactive drips
• Neurological
• CVA/acute stroke management
• Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun
• Cardiovascular
• ECMO
• Intra-aortic balloon pump
• Post cardiac surgery (directly from the OR)
• Post cardiac surgery (not directly from the OR)
• Pre/post cardiac cath/intervention
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan-Ganz monitoring
• Sheath removal
• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation/replacement (TAVI/TAVR)
• Ventricular assist device (LVAD/RVAD)
• Professional Topics and Skills
• Infection prevention
• Isolation precautions/use of PPE
• Phlebotomy
• Surgical wounds with drains/Wound VA
• Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Response
• Interpretation of dysrhythmias
• Management of dysrhythmias
• Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
• Endocrine/Metabolic
• IV insulin protocols