Travel Contract

Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
North Platte, Nebraska
Great Plains Health

$2,135-2,486/week
Posted 16 hours ago  Verified
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Common job information

    Certification details
  • ACLS
  • BLS
  • NIHSS
    Schedule information
  • 12Hr shifts: 545a-6p & 545p-6a. Core staff scheduled first, then agency fill in. Schedule is out for 6-weeks at a time, 2 weeks in advance.
  • At least every other weekend, if not most all weekends
  • Varies holiday requirements, but usually staff are scheduled during holidays as needed.
    Unit specific information
  • # of Beds: 32
  • Nurse/Patient Ratios: ICU 1:2, PCU 1:4, MedSurg 1:5
  • Must be able to titrate drips and be comfortable taking PCU (1:4) or MedSurg (1:5) patients. Metering common critical care drips in ICU, and Cardizem, insulin, pressors/inotropes, heparin, Lasix, bumex in PCU.
  • 1 charge nurse every shift in ICU
  • RT Equipment: Vents, CPAP, BIPAP, heated high flow (Opti flow)
  • Tele tech is located in the ICU
  • Common diagnoses: Heavy cath lab - Coronary angiograms & stenting, peripheral angiograms & stenting, sepsis, neurosurgery, drug & alcohol abuse, COPD, CHF, etc.
    Additional Details
  • First time traveler okay. Prefer ICU background, otherwise must have PCU background.
  • Techs are generally staffed (census/staffing dependent) ratios: 1:8-16.
  • Hospitalist in house 24/7 for their patients.
  • No floating outside of this mixed unit.
  • Royal blue scrubs required.
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4.4rating(75 reviews)
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Great Plains Health

4.4rating(12 reviews)

2 nurses recommend working with Great Plains Health

5.0rating

Pros

Traveler friendly. We'll equipped.

Cons

Heavy schedule. No appointments. Walk in only. Easy to get backed up.

Craig H
Craig H
Urgent Care (Physician Assistant)
Contract Position Aug '24
Review of Great Plains Health on Nov 21, 2024
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Great Plains Health
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  • Not-For-Profit Hospital
  • Short Term Acute Care
  • 96 beds
  • Epic Systems Corporation
ADDRESS625 W William Ave Ste 210North Platte, NE 69101
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