Travel CVICU RN

Unit Specifics:

• Number of Beds : 16
• Patient Ratios: 1:2, 1:1 for certain device patients
• Unit staffing description- Free floating charge nurse to assist staff. Unit secretary and Administrative Care Tech M-F 0730-1530. Student Nurse Externs on variable shifts that assist nurses by performing tech duties.
• Type of equipment: Phillips bedside telemetry monitors, Hill-Rom beds, Alaris IV pumps
• Documentation system: Meditech
• Scheduling requirements: 2 weekends/month, 1 summer holiday (Memorial Day, July 4^th, Labor Day)
• Floating policy: C/L employees float as needed, typically to other ICU’s but can include other floors.

Must have: Strong critical care experience, including CVICU experience

Advanced skills needed: Skills with PA catheter and hemodynamic monitoring required, preferred experience with IABP, Impella, and CRRT.

Procedures performed on unit: Provide care to immediate post-operative cardiac surgery patients, including ECMO, Centrimags, and HM3 LVADS. Perform central line insertion, swan insertion, intubations, etc. on unit.