Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,123 per week
Company: Yavapai Regional Medical Center - West
Location: Prescott
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
- Certification Details
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Geriatric patients, ortho
patients, strong cath lab program so post procedural patients,
caring for groin sites in stepdown unit. Post MI, post Cardiac
Cath. CABG post-op day 3-4.
- Job Details
- Hospital in AZ in need of RNs to float between PCU, Tele, and
Med Surg.
- Must have 2 years experience in med/tele and 1 year PCU.
- Experience or 'Must have' skills: at least 1 year in PCU
setting.
- Job Requirements
- Must have 2 years experience in med/tele and 1 year PCU,
current state license, and ACLS/BLS certifications.
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS
- Nurse:Patient Ratios: PCU 1:4 MedSurg Tele 1:5-6.
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Each unit will have a charge
nurse, will not take assignments.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Heparin, Cardizem,
Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Insulin. Travelers must be
comfortable managing the majority of these drips.
- RNs read strips?: Nurses must be able to interpret strips.
- Schedule Information
- Shifts & Scheduling: 7-7 for AM and PM.
- Scheduler for float pool will make the schedule. Schedule is
published 6 weeks out for 4 weeks at a time.
- Travelers will need to be flexible. Night shift will try to
accommodate for block scheduling.
- Weekend Requirements: Every Other
- Holiday Requirements: Will include travelers in perm staff
rotation.
- Unit Specific Information
- Unit/Department: Float Pool
- What units are included in the float pool: MedSurg Tele and PCU
across both campuses and would include inpatients holding in ED.
East Campus is Campus 2. East Campus NextCare is 10 bed double
occupancy has ICU and stepdown patients, West campus Stepdown is 14
rooms (double occupancy), average census is 20. West med tele is 95
beds, divided into 4 areas. MedSurg is broken down into 10-room
pods, double occupancy.
- Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? Stepdown, monitors
on the unit. Monitor techs monitor PCU and Medsurg Tele.
- How are units assigned? They will be notified 2 hours prior to
the start of their shift by text message from the staffing office.
Distance between campuses is around 20-25 minutes.
- Unit/Department specific orientation: 8 hour day of general
hospital orientation, 12 hour shift at West MedTele and 12 hour
shift at PCU at West. East campus is similar and smaller, easy to
navigate.
- Additional Details
- Geriatric patients, ortho patients, strong cath lab program so
post procedural patients, caring for groin sites in stepdown unit.
Post MI, post Cardiac Cath. CABG post-op day 3-4.
- Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: Will utilize nurse
aids in all settings.
- RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): CPAP or Bipap at night
in MedSurg. BiPAP, CPAP and Heated High flow in PCU.
- Scrubs Color/Dress Code: Currently - solid color professional
scrubs. October will align with Dignity guideline which will be
Navy scrubs.
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