Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Uniontown, PA
Slate Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Certs BLS is the only required certification Ratios 1:6-7 Charge Nurse/House Supervisor They have a Clinical Manager Mon-Sat who acts as both charge nurse & nurse manager. They don't take patients unless the census is >24 then they will take patients. Nights has a resource nurse who takes a full patient assignment. Nurse Aides Both 1W & 2E will each have 2 CNA's on Days but no CNA's on nights Weekend Requirement EOW - Sat/Sun are weekend shifts for both Days or Nights. They are required to work 2 Fridays per schedule. Most staff group their Friday with their weekend shifts, working Fri/Sat/Sun to get it out of the way Holidays Work into the perm staff holiday rotation Scrub Color Navy Blue - jackets (if worn) must also be navy blue Tele They can have patients on remote tele but there are no monitors on this unit. Tele patients are monitored remotely by the monitor tech on the 3rd floor Nurse's Read Strips? No Drips Heparin & possibly MSO4 for comfort measures, but no cardiac gtts Vents Bipap, Cpap, High Flow - all managed per RT Shifts "RN's - All 12's: 7a-7:30p; 7p-7:30a CNA's - Only 8's: 6:00am - 2:30pm & 2pm - 10:30pm They allow self-scheduling & blocked schedules as long as needs of the units are met " Floating Only floating would be to other MedSurg units Floor specific orientation 1 shift w/ a preceptor Common diagnosis / Types of patients "1W: Mainly post surgicals & ortho 2E: Mainly MedSurg, pneumonia, dialysis, palliative care, hospice, end of life, chemo (volume for inpatient chemo is fairly low). The director & manager administer chemo. Currently any COVID patients are also housed on this unit on one of the hallways - classified as 'dirty'. 'Clean' patients are housed on a different hallway. Could be assigned to both 'clean' & 'dirty' patients at the same time. MUST be comfortable with this. "