Job Title: CVICU Registered Nurse Profession: Registered Nurse Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12 Hour Nights Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: 2 years License: Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS Must-Have: Experience with fresh open heart patients or greater than 6 hours postoperative open heart patients CRRT experience Temporary Pacemakers and Post Permanent Pacemaker experience Acute MI Pre/Post catheterization experience Mediastinal/Chest tubes experience Ventilator experience Hypothermia Protocol experience Experience with various IV medications and drips Arterial Line experience Description: The unit contains a bed capacity of 18 with mixed acuity patients including step-down and ICU status. Registered Nurses are required to titrate various medications, including Cardizem, Cordarone, Cardene, Nitroglycerin, Esmolol, Cleviprex, Milrinone, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Bumex, Epinephrine, Levophed, Vasopressin, Insulin, Heparin, Aggrastat, Precedex, Propofol, Versed, and Fentanyl.