Shift: 12hr Day Shift - 36
Shift Information 7a-7p SimpliFi Clinical Interviewing- Yes/No Yes - manager to conduct final interview On Call, Call Back Requirements None Weekend Rotation 6 shifts on a 6 week schedule (6 out of 12 shifts Holiday Requirements Travelers will work 75% of holidays Floating Requirements all med surg / telemetry units
- RN - MedSurg/Tele ? About Facility: o 637 licensed beds o Level 1 Trauma Designation o Teaching Hospital o Chest Pain Center o Stroke Center ? Unit Information: o Beds: 30 ? Census? 30 o Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years Med/Tele RN experience o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes ? Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: o Post/Pre cardiac patients and step-down ICU patients o Diagnosis is CHF, COPD, STEMI, NSTEMI, SEPSIS and anything similar to any of these ? Patient Ratios: o RN: 1:4
- 6 o CNA: 2
- 3 per shift ? Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance: o BLS (Basic Life Support) required o BCR (Basic Cardiac Rythm) required (EKG Rhythm exam as part of Onboarding) o ACLS - preferred not required o National certification- Medical-surgical certification nursing - preferred but not required ? Skills required: o Trach chare, chest tube management, PIV starts, glucommander experience, insulin drips, heparin drips, drips to titrate heart rate but will not titrate BP drips o Strong clinical assessment and med-surg nursing skills for Level 1 Trauma Hospital o IV insertion and care, central line management o Wound care and post op monitoring o Cardiac monitoring and telemetry interpretation o Care coordination with interdisciplinary teams o Discharge planning and patient education, particularly on renal and fluid management ? Support within the Department: o CNA? Duties? Yes - assist with VS, Glucose Checks, baths, feeding, ambulating patients, assisting turning patients, hourly rounding, transporting patients as needed (Hospital has designated Transport Team) ; obtain blood from blood bank o Receptionist/HUC? Unit secretary on unit 7a
- 11p; then house wide call secretary 11p
- 7a o Charge nurse? yes- each unit o Phlebotomy? Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; nurses drawn from CVLs o IV/VAT Team? Not an IV team- do have a PICC team o Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses, resource team floats to all units o RT 24/7? yes o Hospitalist 24/7? yes o Intensivist 24/7? yes o Telemetry monitoring/tech? Central Telemetry Unit ? Technology/Equipment: o EMR: EPIC o IV Pump: Alaris o Med dispensing: Pyxis o Monitors: Phillips o Unit specific equipment: ? VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips ? PCA pain management ? Floating: If yes, where? o All med surg telemetry units in house ? Orientation (facility and unit): o 1 day orientation with work on educational modules o 2 days departmental ? Scheduling: o Weekend rotation: 5
- 6 weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule) o No call o Holiday Expectations: work one shift of each major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or day after + 12/24 or 12/25 + 12/31 or 1/1) o RTO Requests: Manager approval o Shift times: 12-hour shifts; 7A-7P or 7P-7A o Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks ? Other notes: o Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue o Parking: Free? Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks o Unit Culture: busy but work as team