General job duties. Types of procedures required.
Assessing and medicating patients. Will recover cath lab pts and thoracic patients.
Equipment utilized in the unit/dept. (Is there computerized charting, medication systems, etc.)
EPIC Charting, Med Pyxis
Required skills and minimum years of experience.
2 years and Telemetry Trained
Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required.
BLS, ACLS, IL license
Shift or schedule requirements.
3 12hr nights.
Every other weekend (Saturday / Sunday on Day Shift and either Friday / Saturday or Saturday / Sunday on night shift to follow unit patterns)
Every other Holiday (Days holidays are: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day. Nights holidays are: Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, New Year s Eve, Memorial Day Eve, the 3rd of July Nights, and Labor day Eve)
Floating to other units/departments. (If so, to which units/departments?)
Floating: There are no contracts for Agency RN s that limit or make exemptions for floating
1. Inpatient (ICU, Step Down, Tele, Med-Surg) External Agency nurses will float prior to Core nurses floating.
2. External Agency Nurses are competent to float:
? ICU Nurses can float to Step down with full assignment and can float to Tele and Med-Surg with assignment of 4-5 patients on days and 5-6 patients on nights
? Step Down and Tele nurses can float to Med-Surg with full assignment (customarily 4-5 days and 5-6 nights, occasionally higher or lower based on acuity and coverage levels)
? Med-Surg nurses can float to like level of care units with full assignments
7. Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept.
70 beds
8. Nurse to patient ratio of this unit. (nursing only)
7p-11p 1: 4-5 and 11p-7a 1: 5-6
9. Dress Code:
Scrubs
10. Tell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.
3 shifts in orientation on unit with a preceptor. Will also complete EPIC training and Healthstream Education modules.
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