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Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Chicago, Illinois
South Shore Hospital

$1,288-1,638/week

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Certification details

BLS - Basic Life Support
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Job details

A hospital in IL is looking for an ICU RN for a 13 week assignment to start ASAP. Must have 2+ years of recent experience plus travel.

Job requirements

Must have 2+ years of recent experience plus travel.
BLS, ACLS required.
Minimum 2 years ICU.
RNs required to titrate drips.
Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Levo, Dopamine, Insulin.

Schedule information

12 hr shifts 7a-7p/7p-7a.
Weekend Requirement: Every other.
Holiday Requirement: Every other.

Unit specific information

# of beds: 8.

Additional Details

Start: [Sensitive data removed]
Orientation: Every 4th Tuesday of the month.
Ratios: 1:2-3.
Common diagnoses/Types of patients: CHF, AMI, DM, Pneumonia, COVID.
Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Both.
Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: Yes.
Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: No.
RT in ICU 24/7: No.
RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): All.
Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips?: Telemetry, no monitor tech and RNs read strips.
Floating Requirements: Yes possibly to Telemetry.
Scrub Color/Dress Code: Royal Blue.
Unit/Department specific orientation: 1 Shift, more as needed.

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South Shore Hospital

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Short Term Acute Care
122 beds
MEDITECH

ADDRESS8012 S Crandon AveChicago, IL 60617

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