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

Primary Purpose

The Registered Nurse – Resource Team provides comprehensive nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies, procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. The RN Clinical Nurse/RT assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. The Registered Nurse – Resource Team maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Must be available to provide nursing services in all patient care areas of expertise and knowledge, at all elected facilities.

A registered nurse's practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.




Major Responsibilities

• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation.

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the actual or potential diagnoses, problem, and issues.

• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.

• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.

• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.

• Practices ethically.

• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.

• Collaborates with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.

• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.

• Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.

• Contributes to quality nursing practice.

• Evaluates one's own and others' nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.

• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.

• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

• Participate in committees, shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.

• Models the Atrium Health mission, vision, and value.

• Supports and contributes to the Patient Centered Care Philosophy by understanding that every teammate is a Caregiver whose role is to meet the needs of the patient.

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Job Title:



Registered Nurse – Resource Team


Job

Code:


910CCS




Minimum Job Requirements

Education

Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing.

Certification / License

Valid, active unencumbered Nursing license approved by the Georgia Licensing Board for GA locations and

Alabama Licensing Board for AL locations.

BLS required.

ACLS required.


Work Experience

1. years of nursing experience in specialty area required.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities


Patient Population Served

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.

Protected Health Information

• Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job.
• Will share information only on a need-to-know basis for work purposes.

• Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and job responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.

Machines, Tools, and Equipment

All related medical equipment and supplies .






Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch. Finger dexterity.

Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions.

Physical Abilities Testing required.











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Job Title:



Registered Nurse – Resource Team


Job

Code:


910CCS

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

BSN preferred

Certification / License



Experience



Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.



JOB DESCRIPTION

RN - MedSurg/Tele

• About Facility:
  • 777 Hemlock St, Macon, GA 31201
  • 637 Licensed Beds
  • Level 1 Trauma Designation
  • Teaching Hospital
  • Chest Pain Center
  • Stroke Center
• Unit Information:
  • Beds: Each Med Surg unit has 20-36 beds
  • Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years Med/Tele RN exp
  • Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
• Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
  • Med surg / Telemetry – all inpatient med surg units
  • Common diagnoses include but are not limited to:
    • Patients with acute or chronic disease
    • Co-morbidities common to med-surg population: diabetes, hypertension, infections, electrolytes imbalances, etc.
    • Cardiac patients: post-cath, CHF, a-fib
    • Post surgical: General, Ortho, Trauma
• Patient Ratios:
  • RN: 1:4-6
  • LPN: 1:4-6
  • CNA: up to 1:14
• Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:
  • BLS required
  • ACLS preferred – traveler will be required to pass and EKG competency exam during onboarding
  • Certification in med surg is a plus
• Skills required:
  • Trach care, chest tube management, PIV starts and IV maintenance, glucommander, strong assessment and time management skills, care coordination with interdisciplinary team, discharge planning knowledge, patient education
  • Tele skills (required): monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms, post-cath, TR bands, post-cath groin site management (no sheath pulls)
  • Drips (required): insulin, heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, milrinone, Digoxin, nicardipine. Could titrate drips for HR but not for BP
• Support within the Department:
  • CNA – will assist with Vitals, blood glucose checks, baths, bed changes, feeding if need, patient safety attendant; walk pts, turn pts
  • Unit Secretary: on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a
  • Charge nurse: may or may not have patients
  • Phlebotomy? Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; RNs draw off of CVLs
  • IV/VAT Team? Not an IV team - do have a PICC team
  • Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses, and the Resource team floats to all units
  • RT 24/7
  • Hospitalist 24/7
  • Intensivist 24/7
  • Telemetry monitoring/tech? 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
• Floating:
  • Travelers are utilized in a float pool capacity – will be required to float to all Med/Tele units in house, as needed
• Orientation (facility and unit):
  • 1 day orientation with work on educational modules
  • 2 days departmental
• Scheduling:
  • Weekend rotation: 5-6 weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule)
  • No call
  • 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: MUST go through Manager for 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? Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks
  • Unit Culture: Busy; Team Oriented

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