Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Kearney, NE

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting December 7, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,226 a week in all, a taxable rate of $26.63 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), location not specified. This role provides critical care to adult patients with complex conditions, including trauma, cardiac conditions, sepsis, stroke, renal failure, heart failure, and respiratory distress. The position requires advanced clinical assessment, cardiac monitoring, interpretation and documentation of telemetry strips, and titration of cardiac, insulin, and sedation infusions.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week. Schedules may include 6:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.–6:30 a.m. shifts, with every-other-weekend requirements and a minimum of two holidays during the assignment.
• Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); at least two years of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
• Additional Information:
• Acute care Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting with a 33-bed department and typical adult nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:2–3.
• Patient populations may include trauma, cardiac conditions, overdose or substance abuse, sepsis, post-stent and pacemaker placement, stroke, vascular conditions, renal failure, heart failure, and respiratory distress.
• Registered nurses are expected to titrate cardiac, insulin, and sedation infusions.
• Responsibilities include reading, interpreting, and documenting telemetry strips.
• Respiratory equipment may include ventilators, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), and high-flow oxygen.
• Floating may occur to the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) and occasionally to Medical-Surgical units, with assigned patient ratios typically ranging from 1:4 to 1:5.
• Department-specific orientation consists of one shift.
• Charting is completed in an electronic medical record system.
• A pass/fail examination is administered during orientation, with a minimum passing score of 90%.
• Artificial nails are prohibited in patient-care departments.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits