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Talent4Health is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Rome, Georgia.

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

JOB DESCRIPTION

RN - ICU
 

o   361 licensed beds

o   Level 2 Trauma Designation

o   Teaching Hospital? Yes, Residency Program

o   Chest Pain Center

o   Stroke Center
 

●       Department Information:

o   Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years in requested specialty

o   Will you accept a first-time traveler? Will consider, not preferred
 

●       Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

ED:

o   General ED population for Level 2 Trauma – Chest Pain/Cardiac events, Stroke, Trauma – GSW, Stabbings, MVC, Falls, etc.; Respiratory illnesses, Seizures, Abdominal illnesses and infections, ETOH/CIWA, IVDA, Mental Health

Medical-Surgical Floors:

o   3 MedSurg (Overflow & Difficult to place patients – 27 beds): Syncope, Fever and Chills, Intractable N/V, Failure to thrive, Cellulitis, Vascular dementia, Cerebrovascular disease, History of CVA.

o   3 North (Oncology – 20 beds): Immunocompromise patients, Cancer pts’, end of life care, respite, palliative care patients, do chemo infusions (This floor will be moving to 2 MedSurg on Northeast building soon).

o   4 East (Ortho – 16 beds): Medical and surgical ortho patients including fractures of different bones and joints (open & closed), MVC, trauma, Buck’s traction.

o   4 South (General Surgery & Trauma – 36 beds): Ureteral stone, Goiter, Hernia, Uterine Fibroids, Renal Mass, Diverticulitis with perforation, MVC, trauma, Bowel Obstruction, Breast Cancer for Mastectomy, Hematuria (irrigation), Fetal demise, DNC.

o   4 Central (Pulmonology – 22 beds): Acute respiratory failure, Hyperglycemia, Sepsis, Metabolic Encephalopathy, Dementia, COPD, Acute Kidney Injury, Failure to thrive, Pneumonia (This floor takes glucommander).

o   6 Central (Vascular & Bariatric Surgery – 19 beds): End stage renal disease, Foot ulcer, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Morbid Obesity (take vascular and gastric bypass surgeries, also take glucommander).

Critical Care Areas:

o   4 West (Neurology Stepdown – 23 beds): Stroke, Seizures, Back pain, Lumbar surgery, s/p craniotomy, lumbar drains, AMS, Aphasia (This floor takes glucommander, Cardiac titratable drips).

o   5 West (Cardiac Stepdown – 34 beds): Chest pain, S/p Cardiac angiography with or without PTCA, CHF, Cardiomyopathy, Pneumonia, Palpitations, Syncope, Arrythmias, Angioedema, Hyponatremia, AMS, Sepsis, Acute Coronary Syndrome, A-Fib, Heart Block (takes glucommander, cardiac titratable drips, also do aqua pheresis).

o   Observation unit (Decision Unit & Overflow for 5 West – 11 beds): Facial numbness, CAD, A-Fib with RVR, Stroke-like symptoms, Chest pain, right or left sided weakness, Acute respiratory failure (takes cardiac titratable drips, bedside cardiac monitors in all rooms).

o   ICU (Medical, Surgical, Neuro, Cardiac – all combined – 26 beds): Drug overdose, Psychosis, MI, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, MVC, Sepsis, ARF, AAA, Acute hypoxic respiratory failure, Hypoglycemia, Pneumonia, Suicide attempt (has pts’ on Life link, CRRT, Intra-aortic balloon pump). Travelers not assigned CRRT and IABPs.

●       Required License, National Certification, Certifications (BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:

o   ED RN: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, TNCC and CPI (we will offer this if they do not have CPI) for all nurses

o   ICU RN: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, and CPI (we will offer this if they do not have CPI) for all nurses; TNCC (preferred)

o   PCU and Med/Tele RN: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, and CPI (we will offer this if they do not have CPI) for all nurses

●       Skills required:

o   ED RN: ER skills - arrhythmia monitory, sedation, paralytics, titratable drips knowledge, CVP monitoring, caring for s/p craniotomy pt, TPA administration, TNCC is a must, CEN preferred

o   ICU RN: ICU skills – arrhythmia monitory, sedation, paralytics, titratable drips knowledge, CVP monitoring, caring for s/p craniotomy pt, TPA administration, CCRN & TNCC preferred

o   PCU RN: PCU skills – arrhythmia monitoring, knowledge of cardiac titratable drips

o   Med/Tele RN: Basic arrythmia interpretation, Foley catheter irrigation, PCA, Epidural, CPM, Buck’s traction, Drains & chest tube management

o   Nursing skills, with knowledge of cardiac drips, neuro, cardiac, pulmonary, ortho, trauma, and surgical patients.

▪        At our facility, we require 2 nurses to place foley catheter

●       Ratios:

o   MedSurg: Days 1:5 but can increase to 1:6 in staffing crisis. Nights 1:6.

o   ICU: Days and Nights 1:2. Can go up to 1:3 depending on acuity

o   HAU (High Acuity Unit, PCU level): 1:3

●       Support within the Department:

o   CNA/ Nurse techs

o   Respiratory Therapists

o   Phlebotomists

o   Educator

o   Staffing specialist

o   Timekeeper/ Payroll specialist

o   Safety sitters

o   Virtual Patient Observers (VPO)

o   Virtual RN (currently on 4 West)

o   Security

●       Technology/Equipment:

o   EMR: EPIC

o   Department specific Equipment- depends on the units, Glucommander, cardiac monitors, Precision BBG monitor, specialty beds, alarms, bed and chair alarms, BiPap, ventilators, Alaris pumps, Virtual RN, Virtual Patient Observer.

●       Floating: If yes, where?

o   All med surg and Critical Care Areas (including ED boarders). If ICU or ER, we do use those as well.

●       Orientation (facility and unit):

o   1st week: NEO (Monday – Friday 8:00am-4:30 pm)

o   2nd week: 2-3 days departmental (on the floor)

●       Scheduling:

o   Weekend rotation: Every other

o   On call? If so, what is that schedule? If census is low, you may be asked to be on call, but this is rare.

o   Holiday Expectations: 70% of holidays

o   RTO Requests: If participating in SimpliFi Clinical Interviewing – can we approve up to 7 days of RTO on your behalf, if traveler extends contract to accommodate? Yes

o   Shift times: 7a-7p and 7p-7a for med surg and critical care, ER may vary

o   Schedule cycle (how many weeks): 13

●       Other notes:

o   Scrub Color: Navy           

o   Parking: Free? Yes

o   Department Culture: Teamwork, work as 1 group, speak up if you need help, assist when you see someone that needs help, answer call lights and rover phones timely. Telemetry is a priority and should be answered quickly and respond to the patient quickly.