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Shift: Days, 4x12hrs
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Hours: 48 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Sep 22, 2026
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Length: 8 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN with Epic charting and IMPELLA/CRRT skills for a fast-paced hospital ICU with weekend and float requirements.
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Work in the ICU of a hospital setting
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Patient ratio of 1:2, occasionally flexing to 1:3
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Day shift schedule, 4x12 hours from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
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Weekend coverage required, 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule
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No on-call requirements
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Floating required to all ICUs and may include 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 Veratron Bladder Scanner
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Epic charting system used
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Active LA RN license or Compact RN license required, pending licenses not accepted
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Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
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Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, CPI, and NIHSS
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Epic charting experience required
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IMPELLA and CRRT/NXStage experience required
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Teaching hospital and community hospital experience preferred
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Skills required include IV therapy, central line care/management, PICC line management, arterial line management, blood product administration, and starting/maintaining IVs
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Respiratory skills required including ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP management, care of ventilated patients, high flow nasal cannula, ABG interpretation, and suctioning
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Cardiovascular skills required including IABP, sheath removal, pre/post cardiac cath/intervention, titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips, and dysrhythmia interpretation/management
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Renal skills required including chronic/acute renal failure management and CVVHD/CRRT
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Neurological skills required including CVA/acute stroke management and ICP monitoring
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Medication administration skills required including continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, and procedural sedation administration/monitoring
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Infection prevention and isolation precautions/PPE knowledge required
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Phlebotomy and 12-lead EKG/ECG skills required
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Must know N95 mask size for isolation patient care
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Provide comprehensive ICU-level nursing care across multiple critical care specialties
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May care for isolation patients, including potential COVID-19 cases
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First-time travelers are not considered for this position
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Local candidates within 75 miles are accepted at the local rate
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Radius rule of 75 miles applies for travel rate eligibility
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Former permanent employees of the health system must be separated for at least 1 year before being eligible to travel
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RTO limited to 5 days total for the assignment
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At least two recent manager references required for consideration
