Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Martinsburg, WV
GHR Healthcare - PH Division
3x12 hrs, Nights

Unit Notes

Submission Requirements: Can only submit to 1 position at a time across the entire WVU system Drivers license address must be outside 50 miles from the facility Previous perm candidates must be gone for 2 years Previous travelers there for 1 full year must be gone for 2 years Individual unit requirements listed in pulse apply. Travel teams must be submitted together in 1 email We are only permitted to submit 2 candidates per opening, if the position is at max, we will hold on to the submission if a spot opens up ANY BACKGROUND HITS NEED TO BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF SUBMISSION. *ALL SUBMITTALS MUST INCLUDE A UNEXPIRED COPY OF THE CANDIDATES DRIVES LICENSE* COVID VACCINE REQUIRED: Fully vaccinated means either 2 shots of Moderna or Pfizer or 1 shot of J&J; If a traveler wants to decline based on a Medical or Religious reason, please have them fill out the appropriate Exemption Form and email it to the address on the form. These should be done ASAP as they have to go through a council to be approved or denied Unit ICU (MICU/SICU/Neuro) (cost code 20) # beds "20-Beds Average daily census currently around 16-17/day. Pre-COVID 14/day. They have 6 rooms that can designated for COVID if needed. " Certs BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS are Required; TNCC is Preferred Ratios 1:1-2 for ICU, 1:3 for Stepdown. This unit supports Stepdown needs for the facility. Tele does not titrate any drips. They have a PCU; however it is not a traditional Stepdown unit. EMR EPIC Charge Nurse/House Supervisor They have a designated Charge Nurse 24/7. In their staffing model the Charge Nurse is supposed to be a free charge nurse; however, they will take 1 patient if necessary. The Charge Nurse responds to all Rapid Responses & codes. Nurse Aides They get some Capstone students - to help support the on-going education of the student in the specific areas. They also get some nursing students for observation, as well as nurse externs but would be assigned to specific staff members & not counted into the staffing numbers. Weekend Requirement Every-other-weekend. Nights is Fri/Sat; Days Sat/Sun Holidays They try not to schedule travelers on the holidays if they don't have to (if this changes they will let us know) Scrub Color Navy blue - navy or white jacket - undershirt white or navy - hair must be natural hair color - No pink or blue. Distasteful tattoos must be covered. Tele/Monitor Techs Phillips Cardiac Monitors - No monitor techs - Currently have a central monitor station & hardwired in the rooms. The data from the monitors, vents, etc. flows directly into EPIC Drips Braun IV pumps: all typical drips including moderate conscious sedation Vents Servo & Hamilton - managed per RT100%. RN may silence alarm once RT is notified, but otherwise the RN's do nothing w/ vents Hospitalist or Intensivist in house Pulmonary Critical Care Intensivist is in-house during the day & hospitalist at night IV Team No IV team RT 24/7 RT is in-house 24/7 Pharmacy 24/7 Pharmacy in-house 24/7 & on the unit during the day - Omnicell Shifts 12's 7-730. They use Kronos to enter schedule requests, then the clinical coordinator enters the schedules & the manager approves them. They try to do this at least 2 weeks in advance, for 4 weeks at a time. They will allow block scheduling if in the contract. Night shifts is usually a blocked schedule. Weeks go Sunday - Saturday. Floating Typically travelers do not float outside of the ICU; however the perm staff does get floated. Unless, however the traveler is working a float pool assignment Floor specific orientation 1st day is general hospital orientation. If they finish early they will come to the unit. 1-2 shifts of orientation with a preceptor Common diagnosis / Types of patients They get everything from post cath lab to balloon pumps. No Open Hearts. They get ventrics but no bolts. They have a thoracic surgeon 2x/month, every-other-Thursday. No CRRT. Common ground MICU/SICU w/ some cardiac - CCU acuity - they don't get a lot balloon pumps so usually give those to perm staff; however, if a traveler has this experience they will consider giving them balloon pumps.