Registered Nurse - CVICU

Certifications required: ACLS BLS Patient Age Group: Adults Staffing Ratio: 1:2 Unit Systems: Pyxis EPIC SBAR Experience: 2 years CVICU experience not including traveling Unit accepts first time travelers Weekend requirements: EO Float: yes Patient Diagnosis: Advanced Heart Failure Multi vessel Disease Coronary Artery Disease Pulmonary Hypertension Valvular Heart Disease Unit Info: PAHs CVICU is a 42 bed ICU specializing in open heart surgery averaging 68 bypass pump surgical cases per day as well as post surgical heart transplants and LVAD. CVICU contract nurse requires immediate post open heart surgical admission experience as well as experience with Swan Ganz catheters utilizing the manual thermodilution syringe to calculate the Cardiac Index and epicardial and transvenous pacing wire experience. Common bedside procedures include assisting with the care of patient during bronchoscopies intubations tracheostomies central line insertions arterial line and swan ganz catheter line insertions. HOLIDAYS: If one major holiday falls in his/her assignment period the traveler is expected to work it. If two major holidays fall in his/her assignment period the traveler is expected to work both of the holidays. If three major holidays fall in his/her assignment period the traveler is expected to work two of the holidays. Major Holidays are listed below: Thanksgiving/Black Friday: Thursday November 23 & Friday November 24 Christmas Eve and Day: Sunday December 24 & Monday December 25 New Year s Eve and Day: Sunday December 31 & Monday January 1 Memorial Day: Monday May 27 Independence Day: Thursday July 4 Labor Day: Monday September 2 MAX RTO 7 Days COMPLIANCE: FULL compliance required to start on time; if not compliant in time the push back is 2 weeks due to biweekly orientation schedule *Aya Offer* Candidate will be sent to Clinical Review