Unit Notes
12/7 START ONLY. ONLY ORIENTATION IN DECEMBER
---- Unit: ICU
- # beds: They are licensed for 44 beds but they are currently using 36
- Certs: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS required, CCRN preferred
- Ratios: 1:2 or 1:1
- EMR: Cerner Power chart
- Charge Nurse: yes - they do not take a patient assignment
- Nurse Aides: No nurse aides but they do have a unit tech that does secretary duties, equipment duties, etc.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend, Fri, Sat, Sun (for both days and nights)
- Holidays: Yes- work them in with perm staff rotation - that is when they are needed most so travelers should expect to work holidays
- Scrub Color: Navy Blue
- Tele/Monitor Techs: 44 Monitors hardwired - Client - they do have a monitor tech but no centralized monitoring
- Drips: Vasopressors, Nitro, Heparin, etc.
- Vents: Yes
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - they are in house 24/7 Sound Physician group
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 0645-1915/1845-0715 - 12 hr shifts, no self scheduling
- Floating: Yes- to Tele & ER for ICU Holds
- Floor specific orientation: 1 day of orientation on ICU and one shifts on the Tele/stepdown unit
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: (PACU patients will go directly to ICU) Cardiac, PCI, Open Heart, Sepsis, ETOH, Stroke, CABG, stents, balloon pumps, cath lab ( some- most of them will recover on the DOU unit), craniotomies, travlers are not assigned fresh open heart or crani's - they do not have to have experience in that area, general medical surgical ICU nurses are needed, 3 years minimum experience, unless coming from a big institution with 2+ years experience, prior travel experience preferred
- Additional Notes: Big on patient satisfaction - travel nurses must be skilled, competent, but also compassionate about their patient care