Registered Nurse Medical ICU
Pensacola, Florida
Posted Oct 16 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Nights
- Unit and setting
- MICU
- License
- RN licenseOR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, transition-to-practice program
- License
- OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
- Education
- Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required.
- Experience
- Prior Critical Care RN experience, at least a year of ICU.
Preferred
- Also asks
- Additional Preferences
Your six-month RN application plan
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6 months before
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Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
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Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
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Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Transition-to-practice program
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
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 Ascension’s careers page.
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- Department
- Medical ICU
- Schedule
- Night shift l Full-time
Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization and in collaboration with a registered nurse. Assist with patient care including observation and documentation of patient healthcare needs and communication of pertinent information to the registered nurse and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Assist with documentation and implementation of physician and nursing orders under the direction of the registered nurse preceptor.
Implement and monitor patient care plans. Communicate, monitor and record changes in patient condition as appropriate. Actively engage and participate in transition to practice programs in order to develop clinical thinking and enhanced clinical judgment to provide safe, competent, person-centered care.
Licensure / Certification / Registration Required Credential(s): BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Florida Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Florida. Credentialed from State Board of Nursing or current home state license for multi-state license recognition "Compact State" obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Preferred Credential(s): Advanced Life Support.
American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Education Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required. OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
Additional Preferences Prior Critical Care RN experience, at least a year of ICU.
What's around it?
Pensacola, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 2% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,322/mo
- Household income
- $74,212/yr, all local households, not nurse pay