Premature and critically ill neonates, from feeder-growers through 23-week micro-preemies depending on level.
Premature and critically ill neonates, from feeder-growers through 23-week micro-preemies depending on level.
Micro-preemies on high-frequency ventilation at one end and feeder-growers at the other, sometimes on the same assignment. Deliveries pull nurses out of the unit at short notice, and hands-on care is clustered to protect neonatal rest cycles.
NICU level (II, III or IV), whether the unit does surgical or cooling cases, and delivery attendance expectations.
Level designation is everything. A Level II nurse cannot cover Level IV, and the credentials look identical on a resume if you do not ask.
Answering these in the req itself shortens the process considerably, because they are the questions that otherwise surface at offer stage and cause declines: Unit level, whether they will attend deliveries, and whether the unit does surgical or cooling cases.
Contract for census swings, leave coverage and seasonal surge. Per diem to protect ratios without expanding core FTE. Permanent when the seat is structural. The expensive mistake is running contract labour for eighteen months on a role that was always permanent.
Registered nursing is covered by the Nurse Licensure Compact in most of the country, so a multistate license lets a nurse work across member states without a new application. Thirteen jurisdictions sit outside it — Alaska, California, DC, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands — and in those markets every out-of-state nurse needs a single-state license first. Those are the markets where reqs stay open longest.
Every candidate is spoken to before you see them, with licensure for your state, certifications and unit-specific competency confirmed before submittal. We screen to the credential the unit actually needs rather than the title on the posting. Rates sit inside the ranges on our published cost breakdown.
BLS, NRP; STABLE; RNC-NIC valued.
1:1 to 1:3 depending on acuity level.
Level designation is everything. A Level II nurse cannot cover Level IV, and the credentials look identical on a resume if you do not ask.
Unit level, whether they will attend deliveries, and whether the unit does surgical or cooling cases.
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Tell us the ratio, the equipment and the start date, and we will tell you the realistic fill window.