Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care in Kearney, NE

Job Title

Registered Nurse – ICU

Location

Kearney, NE

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Full-Time | Onsite | Day and Night Shifts Available (12-hour shifts: 6:30 AM–6:30 PM / 6:30 PM–6:30 AM)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in a 33-bed ICU setting with an average daily census of 16, maintaining a 1:2–3 nurse-to-patient ratio for adult patients
• Manage and titrate a variety of drips including cardiac drips, insulin, and sedation agents
• Monitor, interpret, read, and document cardiac telemetry strips using GE monitoring equipment
• Care for patients presenting with diagnoses including trauma, cardiac conditions, stroke, sepsis, respiratory distress, renal failure, heart failure, overdose/substance abuse, post-stent, pacemaker placement, and vascular cases
• Manage patients requiring respiratory support ranging from nasal cannula to mechanical ventilation, including troubleshooting RT equipment
• Float to PCU or MedSurg units as needed, maintaining comparable patient ratios (1:4 or 1:5)

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Current BLS certification
• Current ACLS certification
• Current NIHSS certification
• Ability to pass a unit-specific open-book skills exam with a minimum score of 90% during orientation
• Willingness to comply with facility fingernail policy — artificial nails are prohibited in all patient care departments

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Prior ICU nursing experience with exposure to complex adult patient populations
• Experience titrating cardiac, insulin, and sedation drips in a critical care environment
• Familiarity with GE telemetry monitoring systems

Why Join Us

• Work in a dynamic critical care environment supported by nurse aides and healthcare support staff, allowing you to focus on high-acuity patient care
• Gain exposure to a broad range of critical care diagnoses and procedures in a well-staffed ICU setting