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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Sep 8, 2026
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Length: 13 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an ICU position requiring 2+ years of ICU experience, Epic charting proficiency, and a Louisiana or compact RN license.
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Work in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital setting
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Night shift schedule (3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30)
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13-week assignment length
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Patient ratio of 1:2, occasionally flexing to 1:3
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Weekend requirement of 4 shifts per 4-week schedule
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No on-call responsibilities
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Floating required to all ICUs, and may float to ED or PACU to care for ICU patients
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May occasionally float to MS/PCU units with 1:4 patient ratios
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Nurses perform all lab sticks, EKGs, and line starts
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Uses equipment including Alaris IV Pumps, CADD PCA pumps, Servo I ventilators, Fresenius CRRT Dialysis machines, Edwards Lifesciences cardiac monitors, Medtronic EVD Management Systems, Arctic Sun TMS, GE Monitors, Hill Rom Beds, Pyxis Medication Station, and Verathon Bladder Scanner
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Epic charting system used
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Active LA RN license or Compact RN license required at time of consideration (no pending licenses accepted)
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Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS
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CPI certification required (can be obtained at the facility for a fee)
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Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
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Epic charting experience required
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IMPELLA and CRRT/NXStage skills required
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Teaching hospital experience preferred
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Community hospital experience preferred
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Must be able to care for isolation patients, including known N95 mask size
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At least two recent manager references required
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Provide critical care nursing to ICU patients including cardiovascular, neurological, respiratory, and renal cases
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Skilled care areas include ECMO, CABG, TAVR, IABP, LVAD/RVAD, EVD management, ICP monitoring, and hypothermia protocols
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Manage patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure and titrate cardiac and vasoactive drips
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RTO limited to 5 days total for the assignment
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Local candidates within 75 miles accepted at local rate
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Permanent staff must be separated from the health system for at least 1 year before being eligible for travel assignments
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First-time travelers are not specified as excluded for this position
