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ICU Travel Nurse Jobs in Wisconsin

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    Evaluate Wisconsin ICU Jobs by Transfer and Support Model

    Wisconsin's ICU market links large receiving centers with regional and rural hospitals that may depend on longer transfer routes. Travel ICU nurse jobs in Wisconsin appear in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, the Fox Valley, La Crosse, Eau Claire, and Wausau, with additional coverage needs in northern communities. Major systems may separate medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, and trauma critical care, while smaller units can manage a broader patient mix and coordinate escalation elsewhere. Compare ventilator platforms, vasoactive-drip ranges, invasive monitoring, tele-ICU support, progressive-care floating, and access to air or ground transport. Winter weather and distance can affect transfer planning outside the major markets. A useful contract review focuses on the staffed unit and its referral role, not the ICU title alone.

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    Wisconsin Rates and Seasonal Logistics

    Updated today

    A complete comparison includes unit service, patient mix, devices, orientation, hours, overtime, cancellation terms and licensure.

    6 ICU contracts are open in Wisconsin right now, with +4 added in the last 7 days and 2 already filled. Open postings have been live about 5 days on average.

    6
    Open ICU jobs
    5 days
    Median time active
    +4
    Added last 7 days
    90
    ICU locations in Wisconsin CAUTI surveillance, 2024 (DHS)
    Why demand stays strong
    76
    ICU locations in Wisconsin VAE surveillance, 2024 (DHS)
    23,338
    Wisconsin RNs with acute/critical/ICU experience, 2024 survey
    68,060
    Registered nurses employed in Wisconsin (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

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    Wisconsin Metros, Regional Centers, and Northern Units

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    Wisconsin search areas include Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, the Fox Valley, and western Wisconsin. Compare assignments by stated ICU scope, device list, charting, weekends, floating, orientation and offer language rather than by an assumed city hierarchy.

    Highest weekly pay · ICU
    Watertown
    $2,303
    Minocqua
    $2,302
    Madison
    $2,266
    Grafton
    $2,187
    Brookfield
    $2,129
    Mequon
    $2,129

    A Wisconsin decision should rest on the listed unit, charting, weekends, orientation, float boundary, compact eligibility and full written package rather than a generic regional comparison.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.
    Official sources | Wisconsin

    Wisconsin ICU Device-Infection Benchmarks

    Wisconsin's 2024 infection report provides ICU-specific benchmarks tied to common critical-care devices. Among acute-care reporting units, the state calculated an ICU central line-associated bloodstream infection standardized infection ratio of 0.50. That result was significantly below the 2022 national baseline. For catheter-associated urinary tract infections, Wisconsin reported an ICU standardized infection ratio of 0.87, which was not statistically different from the baseline. An SIR below 1 means fewer infections were observed than risk-adjusted predictions, but it is not a hospital ranking or a staffing measure. For travelers, the data points toward useful onboarding questions about central-line and catheter bundles, device documentation, daily necessity review, and local escalation processes. Those practices can vary between Milwaukee or Madison tertiary units and regional ICUs with broader coverage responsibilities.

    SIRs compare observed with risk-adjusted predicted infections; the CAUTI result was not statistically different from the 2022 baseline.

    Urban Referral Teams and Northern Mixed Units

    Travelers may find specialized urban units, regional referral ICUs, or mixed community settings with broader coverage and longer transfer routes.

    Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Level III Trauma

    118 beds · Ozaukee —Mequon, WI

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Oncology

    Set in Mequon, WI, a 118-bed hospital with Level III trauma care and comprehensive stroke care.

    Ascension - Elmbrook Memorial Level IV Trauma

    175 beds · Brookfield, WI

    Hiring now ICU ER Oncology Operating Room

    A comprehensive stroke center in Brookfield, WI, at a 175-bed hospital featuring Level IV trauma designation.

    UW Health University Hospital Level I Trauma

    505 beds · Madison, WI

    Hiring now ER Oncology Operating Room

    Based in Madison, WI, an academic medical center with comprehensive stroke care, an NCI-designated cancer program, and transplant services.

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    Wisconsin ICU Travel Contracts

    How do I check whether my license covers ICU work in Wisconsin?
    Look it up in Nursys. It'll tell you whether your license is actually multistate, which is the part people get wrong. Wisconsin's a compact state, so if it is multistate and you live in a compact state, you're covered with nothing to file. If it isn't, you'll apply to the Wisconsin board by endorsement first.
    What do Wisconsin ICU jobs require?
    You'll need BLS and ACLS. CCRN is preferred rather than required. Most jobs want a recent year or two of critical care. Wisconsin's 2024 survey counted 23,338 RNs with acute, critical, or ICU experience out of about 68,060 working statewide, so the pool of people who can do this job is smaller than the headline number suggests.
    Why does ICU pay change from one Wisconsin city to another?
    It comes down to how many of those critical care nurses live nearby. Wisconsin tracks about 90 ICU locations in its infection surveillance, and they're spread well beyond Milwaukee and Madison. A unit up north is competing for very few people. Shift and time open add to it. The chart above ranks live weekly pay by city.
    What should I have ready to apply for Wisconsin ICU jobs?
    License checked, BLS and ACLS current, critical care checklist done, two recent references, immunizations documented. Hospitals differ on when they run drug screens and background checks. Get all of it together before you start looking, because the good jobs don't wait for your paperwork to catch up.
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