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Facility: Beacon Dowagiac, Dowagiac, MI. Unit: Nurse Station 2N - Telemetry - 2302 (2N - Telemetry - Nurse Station - Dowagiac). Unit Type: Telemetry.
Discipline: Registered Nurse. Specialty: Telemetry. Overview: Telemetry / nurse station unit.
Avg. daily census: 3. Rooms: 20. Beds: 20.
Patient population: Adults, Geriatrics. Staffing ratios: days 1:5, nights 1:5, weekends 1:5. Shifts: 12-hour - days 07:00-19:30 and nights 19:00-07:30.
Rotating shifts: No. Call required: No. Float required: No.
Weekend coverage: every other. Scheduling type: Block. Systems: Medication - Pyxis.
Documentation - Cerner Powerchart. Communication - SBAR. Provider support: interpretation services, pharmacy, phlebotomy, physical therapy, radiology, rapid response teams, respiratory services, social services; other note - care management.
Provider coverage: NP (present, not in-house 24/7), hospitalist (present, not in-house 24/7). Work settings required: Cardiac Telemetry, MS/Tele, Telemetry.
- Cardiac monitoring: interpretation of dysrhythmias, management of dysrhythmias, telemetry - on the unit monitoring, use of rapid response/code teams. Endocrine: IV insulin protocols. Gastrointestinal: feeding tube care and management.
Genitourinary/renal: renal failure. IV therapy/phlebotomy: blood product administration, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, starting and maintaining IVs. Medications: heparin protocols, manage cardiac drips (no titration), manage vasoactive drips (no titration).
Neurological/psychiatric: CVA (cerebrovascular accident), seizure disorders, substance withdrawal. Respiratory: BiPAP/CPAP management, high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), nasal cannula, non-invasive airway management, oxygen administration, oxygen tanks. Professional: isolation precautions/PPE, wound care/wound vac.
Documentation: electronic documentation preferred (Cerner). Preferred
pacemakers (temporary/permanent), titration of insulin drips, accessing/managing ports, PCA, surgical drains, interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs), tracheostomy care/management, previous charge experience. Work
years required 1; patient ratio experience 1:5. Unit accepts first-time travelers: Yes. Scrubs: Royal Blue Address
About the role
Facility: Beacon Dowagiac, Dowagiac, MI. Unit: Nurse Station 2N - Telemetry - 2302 (2N - Telemetry - Nurse Station - Dowagiac). Unit Type: Telemetry.