Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, Indiana
- Unit and setting
- ICU
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
The workplace
Ask Mira
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
ICU / Critical Care has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
Posted on Community Health Network’s careers page.
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Hiring Bonus! Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization.
It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the-art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefits initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients.
And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we couldn’t do it without you. Make a Difference The Registered Nurse will work within an exciting, fast-paced environment that is ideal for those seeking to care for the highest acuity of patients (including heart failure, respiratory failure, renal failure, multisystem failure, complex electrolyte imbalances, and complicated surgeries with intravenous infusions, extensive monitoring, and ventilator support capabilities). The Registered Nurse will work collaboratively with a great team in this 8-bed unit to care for some of Howard County’s sickest patients.
Exceptional Skills and Qualifications
Demonstration of performance consistent with professional standards of practice, care, the Nurse Practice Act and the mission and goals of Community Health Network; demonstration of skills in collaboration, delegation, negotiation and management of resources.
- Graduate of National League for Nursing (NLN), Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), or National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) accredited school of nursing, or three years of related professional nursing experience.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid license to practice in the state of Indiana as listed in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
- ICU experience preferred, but willing to consider new grads.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent team skills.
- Compassionate and caring.
- Accountable.
- Self-directed.
- EPIC experience is a plus.
What's around it?
Kokomo, INFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 10% below the US average
- Median rent
- $939/mo
- Household income
- $55,360/yr, all local households, not nurse pay