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Trauma ICU RN

You'll work at Bergan Mercy, a level I trauma center and academic medical center campus.

Eligibility
Sign-on bonus

Posted Oct 1 · New grads welcomed

Unit and setting
Trauma ICU · Hospital Trauma ICU RN
License
RN license Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire andNebraska RN license
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

New grads
Welcomed, residency program Nurse Residency offered for all New Graduates-https://www.chihealth.com/education/professional-training/nurse-residency
License
Nebraska RN license Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and Check your license
Certification
BLS (CPR) upon hire Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
Education
Graduate of an RN nursing program Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire
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.

  1. 6 months before

    Shortlist units

    Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.

    Find residencies
  2. 4–6 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 jobs
  3. 2–3 months before

    Meet the unit manager

    Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.

    Prepare your questions
  4. Around graduation

    Confirm your start

    Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.

    Plan your license

What it pays

Against similar roles
Top of Omaha staff RN payOmaha staff RN postings that state pay run $28/hr to $38/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $36/hr, across 109 postings.
Pay differential
Compensation: Base rate + shift differential Compensation: Base rate + shift differential
Sign-on bonus
$10,000
Tuition assistance
up to $10,000 education assistance (must have graduated within 5 years)
Extra pay
shift differential
Bonus
up to $10,000 sign-on bonus up to $10,000 sign on bonus
Bonus
up to $10,000 education assistance up to $10,000 education assistance (must have graduated within 5 years)must have graduated within 5 years

Benefits

  • Sign-on bonus
  • Education assistance
  • Nurse Residency

The role and schedule

Day to day
care coordination, education and discharge planning This includes care coordination, education and discharge planning.
Details
Nurse residency for new graduates

Support on this unit

The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.

Orientation
Residency program

The workplace

CHI logo
CHI
Health system employer
Hospital
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
Address
7500 Mercy Rd, Omaha, NE, 68124

About CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy

Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
  • What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
  • What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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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.

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Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Follow the nursing process which includes: assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. The nursing process is an ongoing process that can end at any stage. Assessment - Demonstrates a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze the following healthcare consumer data including: psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic and lifestyle factors Plan – Sets measurable and achievable short and long term goals according to standards of care based on the assessment by the nurse in collaboration with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team.

Implement – Implements and/or modifies the plan of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning based upon standards of care and evidence based practice. This includes care coordination, education and discharge planning. The nurse is accountable for the care directly, indirectly or through delegation.

Professional and legal standards for delegation must be followed. Evaluate – Uses a systematic ongoing process to evaluate progress towards identified healthcare consumer goals. Revision of plan of care when needed involving the healthcare consumer and the multidisciplinary team.

Compensation

Base rate +

  • shift differential

Incentives: up to $10,000 sign on bonus, up to $10,000 education assistance (must have graduated within 5 years)

Nurse Residency offered for all New Graduates-https://www.chihealth.com/education/professional-training/nurse-residency

Required

Job Requirements

  • Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire
  • Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and
  • Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 5 - months

Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Pay Range

$36.00 - $52.20 /hour

What's around it?

CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy · Omaha, NE

Omaha, NEFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 8% below the US average

Median rent
$1,187/mo
Household income
$73,201/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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