Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,364 per week
12 days ago
Tacoma
NuWest Travel Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Tacoma, Washington. • Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit, • Discipline: RN, • Start Date: 10/20/2025, • Duration: 13 weeks, • 36 hours per week, • Shift: 12 hours, nights, • Employment Type: Travel, • General Information:, • Floating within TG to all ICUs, PCU/CCUs, ED holding, • 1-year minimum ICU experience, • Will take first-time travelers with strong ICU and previous float pool experience, • Patient Types Travelers Expected to Care For:, • Covid Patients, • Neuro, Trauma, Medical, Surgical, • Sepsis, pneumonia, DKA, DTs, Multi-system failure, spinal injuries, pre/post cath patients (radial approach), general surgery patients, respiratory compromise, CHF, COPD, GSW, stabbings, MVA, strokes, TBI, various back surgeries, • CVICU, • 24h - Post-op CABG(10/wk.), Esophagectomy, TAVR (3/wk.), AAA repair, Thoracic and Vascular surgeries, Post arrest, • Travelers Not Expected to Care for:, • Fresh CABG/TAVR, EVDs, post TPA, any devices (ECMO, IABP, Impella, hypothermia protocol), • Patient Ratios:, • ICU: 1:2, • PCU/ACC/CCU: 1: 4, • ER Holding – Same ratio based on patient’s level of care, • Certifications:, • ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, • Skills required:, • Cardiac rhythm interpretation, vent and bipap management, invasive line management, ostomy, general drains, traches, chest tubes, lumbar drains, IV medication titration., • Support on the Unit:, • Charge Nurse, • Hospitalist, RT and Intensivist 24/7, • Cardiologist on call 24/7 for CVICU & CCU & Cardiac Short Stay, • Charting System:, • Epic – Experience IS REQUIRED, • Scheduling:, • Schedule is typically made for 3-weeks at a time, which comes out 7-10 days prior, • Every other weekend, • Could work back to back weekends (rare), • No self- scheduling, no guarantee of patterned schedule, • Time off: Manager Approval for more than 5 days., • Floating:, • Neuro/Trauma/Medical/Cardiac ICU, • CCU (cardiac step down), • PCU/ACC, • ED Holding, • Med Surg Units, • Any open surge areas for above units, • Traveler could float to Allenmore Hospital as needed, around 2.5 miles away. This is not common but is a possibility. Travelers should be notified in advance if they are needed at Allenmore., • Orientation:, • 1 day general hospital orientation, • 1 day of unit orientation (12 hours) on ICU unit, • 1 day of 12 hours on like units, • Traveler Telemetry Competency Required, • Required to be completed and passed prior to start. SimpliFi Compliance is responsible for grading this exam., • Other notes:, • Scrubs: Any color, professional, • Parking: Free within designated areas, • Must fill out whiteboards, do and document hourly rounding, give bedside report, • Saline Flushes considered medication. Do not leave at the bedside or in your scrub pocket, • Do not leave medications in unlocked cart., • When wasting medications, two-nurse verification is required. (Narcotics, Benzodiazepine, etc.), • Documenting pain before and after giving pain medication (30 minutes for IV, 1 hour for oral, • Breaks are required