Travel Nurse RN - CVICU - $2,019 per week

Company: NuWest Travel Nursing
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: October 24, 2024

Job Description:

NuWest Travel Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN CVICU for a travel nursing job in Tacoma, Washington.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: CVICU
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: TravelGeneral Information:
  This position routinely floats between all of the cardiovascular units at TG and GS. These include:
  TG CVICU- 13 Beds
  TG Cardiac Short Stay (Obs)- 8 beds
  TG CCU (Cardiac Stepdown)- 29 Beds
  GS joint CVICU/CCU - 40 beds these are now separated by 2 different geographical locations 10 bed CVICU 30 bed CCU
  Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401K, weekly direct deposit, and more!
  
  Mandatory Skills: CVICU/ICU- Chest tubes, Vent management, invasive line management (A-line, CVP, Swann), External Pacemakers, BiPap, Abdominal Pressure monitor, Trach care; CCU- 24h post CABG/TAVRS, STEMI, Fem-pop bypass, Pacemaker Insertions, Ablations, CHF, R/O Chest Pain, Post Cardiac Cath (must be familiar with radial approach); Short Stay- stable, ambulatory, R/O chest pain, fresh stable post cath patients with minimal drips, cath procedure focused with mainly radial approach observation
  Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIH, Traveler Telemetry Competency Exam
  Floating: GS- ICU/PCU/Obs/ED Holding; TG-ED Holding; may float mid-shift to TG or GS
  Minimum Experience: 1 Year minimum experience CVICU OR 2 years of cardiac experience
  Consider 1st time traveler: Yes
  Telemetry Monitoring: Yes
  Nursing Reading and Interpreting Strips: Yes
  Nurse to Patient Ratio: ICU- 1:2; CCU/PCU- 1:4; Short Stay- 1:3; ED holding- vary depending on acuity
  Tech to Patient Ratio: varies depending on unit
  Support Staff: CNA, Hospitalist, Charge RN, Flex RN, RT, Intensivist, Cardiologist 24/7 unit based educator
  EMR: EPIC
  Scrubs: any color (professional)
  Scheduling: will receive schedule 3 weeks out. If floating to another facility, will get at least 1h notice. Floating within the facility where scheduled they will let the traveler know when they get to the unit they were scheduled for.

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