Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry
Milwaukee, WI
TalentBurst, Inc
3x12 hrs, Nights

JOB DESCRIPTION
SLMC - Transplant: Abdominal I/P 8C: 100010037805

● About Facility:
o Milwaukee, WI
o Level III Trauma Center
o Level III NICU
o Magnet Designated
o Comprehensive Strokes Center
o Beds: 933
● Unit Information:
o Beds: 26
▪ Census? Average patients/day?
o Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years' Tele experience
o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Upon review
● Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
o Adult Medical and Tele
o Live and kidney transplants
● Patient Ratios:
o RN: Days 1:3-5, Nights 1:5-7
o CNA: Days 1:5-7, Nights 1:6-8
● Required License, National Certification, Certs:
o RN: BLS (confirmed ACLS is NOT required)
● Skills required:
o Past history of caring for surgical patients, assessment, tube feeds, NG tube insertion, blood product administration, cardiac rhythm interpretation (will interpret/document at minimum 2x per shift)
o Titratable drips: heparin, insulin, Cardizem. Experience with drips preferred. If no experience, must be comfortable learning and taking on that duty here.
o Soft Skills: Critical thinking, efficient time management are necessary
● Support within the Department:
o Charge RN with reduced patient load, will sometimes go off unit to help with Peritoneal Dialysis
o AM and PM unit leadership presence Monday – Friday
o ICU trained Resource RN 24/7
o CNA
o HUC
o Phlebotomy
o RT 24/7
o Hospitalist 24/7
o Intensivist 24/7
o Centralized tele monitoring with tele techs
● Technology/Equipment:
o EMR: EPIC
o IV Pump: Alaris
o Med dispensing: Pyxis
o Monitors: Client Monitors
● Floating: If yes, where?
o Within scope of practice, travelers float first
o ED Inpatient Boarding 1:4 ratio
● Orientation (facility and unit):
o 1 shift to learn the flow
● Scheduling:
o Weekend rotation: 24 hours of weekend shifts per 6 weeks
o On call? No
o Holiday Expectations: Varies
o Approval of RTO: ok to approve up to 7 days
o Shift times: 0700-1900, 1900-0700
o Schedule cycle: 6-week increments
● Other notes:
o Scrub Color: Any solid color
o Parking: Free
o MUST document pain level before and after (1 hour for oral) giving pain medications. Pain score must also meet the pain score within the medication order – i.e if a patient has a score of 8, the RN cannot give Tylenol that is ordered for mild 1-3. If nothing stronger ordered, RN must call for an order for medication appropriate for a pain score of 8.

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