Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Monroe, NC

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,932 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,211.62 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Monroe, North Carolina. The role provides specialized care to adult intensive care patients with complex medical and surgical conditions, including sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, strokes, respiratory failure, and cardiac or pulmonary disorders. The registered nurse manages critical-care treatments, monitors patient status, and provides comprehensive bedside care within a collaborative healthcare environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; shift times are 6:45 a.m.–7:15 p.m. or 6:45 p.m.–7:15 a.m.
• Required Qualifications:
• Two years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Experience caring for adult intensive care patients
• Proficiency with ventilated patients, tracheostomies, chest tubes, critical drips, central lines, arterial lines, wound care, wound vacuums, drains, cardiac rhythm interpretation, peripheral intravenous starts, and nasogastric tube insertion and maintenance
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Patient assignments generally range from one nurse to two or three patients, depending on staffing.
• Patient populations include adults with sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, strokes, alcohol withdrawal, respiratory, kidney, or liver failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, surgical conditions, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• The role may include care for intensive care or progressive care patients in other areas.
• Weekend rotation includes six weekend shifts within a six-week schedule.
• Holiday participation is required for approximately 50% of holidays during the assignment.
• The unit supports critical-care services with respiratory therapy, hospitalist coverage, intensivist coverage, and procedural support.
• The registered nurse participates in cardiac rhythm monitoring, critical-care interventions, patient assessment, and ongoing care coordination.

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