Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,293 per week
HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 05/26/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Registered Nurse – ICU
Facility: Lovelace Medical CenterLocation: Albuquerque, NM
Start Date: 05/26/2026
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Night 4x12-Hour (18:30 - 07:00)
Schedule: 48 Hours/Week Available (36 Hours Optional)
Charting System: Not Specified
Float Required: Yes – may float to MS, Stepdown, PCU, ER, and CVICU; capped at 4 patients while floating
Call Requirement: Not Required
Note: First-time travelers accepted. Pending NM or Compact license accepted prior to start. Weekends required.
Position Overview:
The Registered Nurse – ICU is responsible for delivering high-acuity critical care nursing to adult patients with complex medical, neurological, respiratory, and multisystem conditions. The RN will provide continuous monitoring, advanced medication administration, ventilator management, and emergency response interventions in a fast-paced intensive care environment.
Job duties:
Provide direct critical care nursing to ICU patients with complex and unstable conditions.Monitor and manage ventilated patients, BiPAP/CPAP therapy, HFNC, and airway suctioning.
Administer and titrate vasoactive drips, cardiac drips, continuous IV sedation, and insulin infusions.
Perform arterial line management, central line care, PICC line management, and IV therapy.
Interpret cardiac rhythms, arterial blood gases, and respond to dysrhythmias and clinical deterioration.
Care for patients with acute stroke, renal failure, multisystem organ dysfunction, and post-surgical complications.
Assist with chest tube management and emergency critical care procedures.
Maintain infection prevention practices, isolation precautions, and PPE compliance.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams including respiratory therapy, pharmacy, radiology, and rapid response teams.
Float to appropriate units within scope of practice based on staffing needs.
Requirements:
Licensure: Active New Mexico RN License or Compact RN License required prior to start; pending NM license accepted at submissionExperience: Minimum 1–2 years ICU RN experience required
Certifications: ACLS, NIHSS, BLS preferred
Other requirement: Must be comfortable floating to MS, Stepdown, PCU, ER, and CVICU units. First-time travelers accepted.
Unit Details:
Unit: 5050-1004 – ICUPatient Ratios: 1:2 Days/Nights/Weekends
Patient Population: Adults
Patient Diagnoses: Acute respiratory failure, CVA/stroke, renal failure, multisystem organ dysfunction, GI surgical patients, cardiac dysrhythmias, critically ill medical and surgical patients
Number of Beds: 32
HonorVet Technologies Job ID #32197132. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse/ICU
About HonorVet Technologies
HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes
Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.
As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency, we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.
At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.
Benefits- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Continuing Education
- Medical benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Dental benefits
- Guaranteed Hours
- Mileage reimbursement
- Referral bonus
- Bereavement
- Holiday Pay
- Sick pay
- Retention bonus