Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Winston Salem, NC
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

PCU Unit that runs more like an ICU

Travel rate is available for local travelers if their start date is on or before 12/16.

### RTO after booking is NOT allowed and is NOT allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a Cancel and DNR ###

UNABLE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING RTO DATES: 11/28, 11/29, 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 1/1 off
***NO BLOCK SCHEDULING***

REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 yrs of Experience Needed
Traveler Experience: Accepts 1st time travelers.
Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
REQUIRED Skills: must have experience with arterial lines and titrating vasoactive drips, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, Telemetry, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Telemetry - on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams, IV insulin protocols, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Heparin Protocols, CVA, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Tracheostomy Management, Isolation Precautions
REQUIRED: ACLS, BCLS, NIH certifications, as well as, experience with IV start, telemetry and conscious sedation.

JOB DETAILS:
Target Ratios: 3:1 or 4:1
Unit will accept contracts from 13+ weeks up to March 15, 2025 (hard stop) to get the Unit through the Holidays!
*36 or 48 Hours can be offered. If Accepting 48 Hours, No OT will be billed until After 48 Hours
12 HR NIGHTS; 18:45 - 07:15
***RTO: 7 days MAX for Aya Auto Offer***
***NO BLOCK SCHEDULING***
Float Requirement: Floating required as needed to sister unit which is an ICCU also.
Weekend Requirement: Weekend Requirement: EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.

PATIENT DIAGNOSES: ADC:18 with 20 Beds. ICU stepdown. Post rapid response team patients, respiratory distress, unstable hemodynamics, withdrawal, GI bleeds, post-op: GYN, GU, GI, thoracotomies, neuro, ortho surgeries. Pre/post OB with complications (Pitocin).
Patient age from adolescent, adult, geriatric.

SPECIAL PROCEDURES/UNIT DETAILS: Only one pressor drip per patient, any more and they're transferred to ICU.
Cardizem, Nitro, Precedex, Cardene, Levophed, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Neo drips given on unit.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Bedside telemetry monitors with remote backup. Nurses must be able to recognize and treat dysrhythmias. A-lines, BIPAP's, chest tubes, trach's, there are no vents on unit.

UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis and Epic

SCHEDULING TYPE: NM creates schedule; ***NO BLOCK SCHEDULING***

SCRUBS: Navy, White or a combination of the two

***INTERNAL NOTES***
***Hospital Orientation week one; traveler must be available for classes each day***
***Must pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty***