Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,117 per week

Aureus Medical Group - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Omaha, Nebraska.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 15 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Estimated payment breakdown
~$1973.00-$2117.00/wk*
~$720.00-$864.00 in weekly taxable income
~$20.00/hr-$24.00/hr*
Estimate assumes an 12 hour shift. Hourly rate may change based on shift length.
~$1253.00 in non-taxable stipend*
Actual amount subject to eligibility and seasonal/annual adjustments

General job duties and types of procedures required:

The example diagnoses within the APCU scope of care serve as guidelines for appropriate patient placement, but are not limited to the following:

• Chronic or sub-acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation

• High oxygen requirements (e.g., FiO2 > 0.50 in order to maintain SaO2 greater than 90%

• Advanced pharmacological interventions

• Advanced Pulmonary Artery Hypertension requiring treatment with epoprostenol sodium (Flolan) or treprostinil

(Remodulin) by continuous infusion administration

• Frequent assessments or medical interventions that are not available on the specialty medical surgical telemetry units

• Intracranial hemorrhage whom require intracranial monitoring through a ventriculostomy

Assessment and Reassessment:

Assessment of the patient is initiated within 15 minutes of admission. The assessment is conducted according to the

Admission Data Documentation on the Adult/Pediatric Patient. Vital signs are taken at least every 4 hours. All collected data is interpreted by a registered nurse and appropriate interventions are implemented as identified and documented.

Frequency of reassessment is based on individual patient needs and is conducted at a minimum of every 6 hours.

Assessment of the patient’s nursing care needs includes consideration of biophysical status, psychosocial status, age specific needs, cultural needs, environmental/discharge needs, spiritual needs, educational needs, advance directives, and the possibility of abuse or neglect.



Equipment utilized in the unit/dept:

• ventilators in patients who are stable and chronically ventilator dependent

• Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV), CPAP, BiPAP

• Temporary pacemaker

• Hemodialysis, Ultrafiltration

• CADD MS3, CADD Legacy I Infusion Devices

• Invasive catheters for central venous pressure monitoring

• Invasive catheters for arterial pressure monitoring

• Intracranial external ventricular drainage systems

• Intracranial pressure monitors

• charting is currently a mix of computerized and paper charting; new EMR implementation planned 8/4/12, transition to all computerized charting.



Position: RN


Specialty/Modality: RN-Intensive Care


Licenses/Certifications: ACLS (Advance Cardiac Life Support), CPR/BLS (Basic Life Support), State License-RN-Nebraska


Physical Abilities: From 50-100lbs





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Aureus Medical Group - Nursing Job ID #138-24-2655595. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN / REGISTERED NURSE / ICU RN / INTENSIVE CARE NURSE

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