A Travel ICU Registered Nurse provides specialized care for critically ill patients in intensive care units, often in high-acuity settings such as neuro and trauma units. This travel nursing role involves a 13-week assignment with 12-hour night shifts, requiring competencies in advanced certifications like BLS, ACLS, and NIH. The nurse works closely with unit educators and preceptors to adapt to hospital protocols, delivering patient-centered care within specified patient-to-nurse ratios.
HealthTrust Workforce Solution External is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Lutheran Hospital
RN / MSIC
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights, 5p-5a
GH bi-weekly: 72
RTO max: 6 days
Certifications required: BLS, ACLS, NIH certification
Skills required: Candidates must be competent in managing care of the highest level of acuity patients, with a background in neuro/trauma.
Orientation: 1 week, day 1 is hospital based learning classes (Cerner charting training, compliance training and glucometer training). After classes you will meet with our unit educators and will be provided with an orientation packed and unit tour, time remaining that day will be spent completing your required online training and orientation packet. Days 2 and 3 are spent on the unit on the designated shift candidates will be working with a preceptor RN learning the flow of the unit. 1 day will be spent on MSIC (3rd floor trauma ICU) and 1 day will be spent on ICU4 (4th floor neuro ICU).
Years of experience required: 3 years of ICU RN experience or more.
Patient ratio: 2:1-Occasionally because of staffing demands or patients that 1:1 care, we do a 3:1 ratio on some of our more stable patients. This is done on a rotating basis depending on whose turn it is to take the 3 patient assignments.
Floating: yes required
Number of beds in unit: 34
Dept Scrub Color: Navy
EMR: Cerner
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