Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry
Macon, GA
TalentBurst, Inc
3x12 hrs, Nights

JOB DESCRIPTION

RN - MedSurg/Tele

About Facility:

• 637 Licensed Beds
• Level 1 Trauma Designation
• Teaching Hospital
• Chest Pain Center
• Stroke Center

Unit Information:

• Beds: 16
• Avg Census – 16 patients
• Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years – Med/Tele RN experience
• Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

• Chest pain, syncope/vomiting, abdominal pain, cellulitis, COPD exacerbation, heart failure observation, dehydration, hypertension, diabetes, POD#1 requiring hospital stay overnight, simple trauma, MVC, fall
• Waiting an Inpatient Room for admission (used to decompress the ER)

Patient Ratios:

• RN: 1:4-6

Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements:

• RN License (Associate's degree at a minimum)
• BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS required
• BCR (Basic Cardiac Rhythm) – test completed during onboarding

Skills required:

• Trach care, chest tube management, PIV starts, glucommander, insulin drips, heparin drips, drips to titrate to HR NOT BP
• Strong clinical assessment and time management
• IV insertion and maintenance skills
• Cardiac monitoring and interpretation
• Care coordination with interdisciplinary teams
• Discharge planning knowledge and patient education

Support within the Department:

• CNA: assist with VS, glucose checks, baths, feeding, ambulating patients, assisting turning patients, hourly rounding, transporting patients as needed; obtain blood from blood bank
• Unit secretary on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a
• Charge nurse – may or may not have patient assignment
• Phlebotomy: Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; nurses drawn from CVLs
• No IV team- do have a PICC team
• Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses and Resource team floats to all units
• RT 24/7
• Hospitalist 24/7
• Intensivist 24/7
• 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, Cardiac Telemetry monitoring, portable vital signs monitors (Dynamapp), bladder scanners, IV pump, portable oxygen system, glucommander, PCA pain management, suction machine

Floating: All adult med surg / telemetry units in house

Orientation: 1 day facility orientation, 2 days departmental

Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: 5-6 weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule)
• On call: No
• Holiday Expectations: work one shift of each major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or day after 12/24 or 12/25 12/31 or 1/1)
• RTO Requests: Manager approval
• Shift times: 12-hour shifts 7A-7P or 7P-7A
• Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks

Other notes:

• Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue
• Parking: Free parking around campus or paid parking decks
• Unit Culture: busy but team-oriented
• Unit will bed patients from ER waiting on inpatient admission
• High turnover of patients