Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Cardiology, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Driver's License, Electrocardiogram, Electronic Medical Records, Epic Systems, Heparin, Hospital, Identify Issues, Insulin, Insurance, Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse, Nursing, Onboarding, Patient Safety, Phlebotomy, Pumps, Pyxis, Registered Nurse (RN), Surgical Nursing, Team Player, Telemetry, Telemetry Nursing, Titration, Tracheotomy, Training/Teaching, Unit Secretary, Willing to Travel
JOB DESCRIPTION RN - MedSurg/Tele
About Facility:
- 637 Licensed Beds
- Level 1 Trauma Designation
- Teaching Hospital
- Chest Pain Center
- Stroke Center
Unit Information:
- Beds: Each Med Surg unit has 20-36 beds
- Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years Med/Tele RN exp
- Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
- Med surg / Telemetry – all inpatient med surg units
Patient Ratios:
- RN: 1:4-6
- LPN: 1:4-6
- CNA: up to 1:14
Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:
- BLS required
- ACLS preferred – traveler will be required to pass and EKG competency exam during onboarding
- Certification in med surg is a plus
Skills required:
- Trach care, chest tube management, PIV starts, glucometer
- Common drips: Insulin drips, Heparin drips, drips to titrate to HR not BP, MUST BE PROFICIENT IN ALL CARDIAC DRIPS
Support within the Department:
- CNA – will assist with Vitals, blood glucose checks, baths, bed changes, feeding if need, patient safety attendant; walk pts, turn pts
- Unit Secretary: on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a
- Charge nurse: Yes
- Phlebotomy? Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; RNs draw off of CVLs
- IV/VAT Team? Not an IV team - do have a PICC team
- Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses, Resource team floats to all units
- RT 24/7
- Hospitalist 24/7
- Intensivist 24/7
- Telemetry monitoring/tech? Central telemetry unit
Technology/Equipment:
- EMR: EPIC
- IV Pump: Alaris
- Med dispensing: Pyxis
- Monitors: Phillips
- Unit specific equipment: VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips
Floating:
- Travelers are utilized in a float pool capacity – will be required to float to all Med/Tele units in house, as needed
Orientation (facility and unit):
- 1 day orientation with work on educational modules
- 2 days departmental
Other notes:
- Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue
- Parking: Free? Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks
- Unit Culture: Busy; Team Oriented
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