Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry
Kalamazoo, MI
TalentBurst, Inc
3x12 hrs, Nights

Position Description: Ratios: 1:5-6 for both days/nights. 1:6 on nights more often. Will float within 3N, 4N, and optional to float to PCU depending on experience. Every other holiday. All is required for IV therapy/Phlebotomy. PCA is required.Royal blue. 8N Neurology Unit - Medical Surgical (Cost Center 4610), Beacon Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI. Physical unit/department: 8N Neurology Unit - Medical Surgical - Kalamazoo. Unit type: Medical Surgical. Discipline: Registered Nurse. Specialty: Medical Surgical. Avg. daily census 26; 27 rooms; 27 beds. Patient age groups: adults, geriatrics. Shifts: 12-hour; days 07:00-19:30, nights 19:00-07:30; rotating shifts no. Schedule requirements: float required (float to like unit); weekend coverage every other. Unit systems: medication system Pyxis; documentation Cerner; communication SBAR. Provider support: interpretation services, pharmacy, phlebotomy, physical therapy, rapid response teams, respiratory services, social services, unit secretary. Provider coverage in-house 24/7: intensivist (yes), hospitalist (yes). Patient diagnoses: total joint replacement, post back surgery, oncology patients currently receiving chemotherapy, medical/surgical patients, stroke. Special procedures/unit details: 8N is a 27-bed medical/surgical unit that takes Ortho/Neuro, Med/Surg, and Oncology. Patients are on general telemetry, monitored in a monitor room, but no cardiac gtts. Typical patient population is stroke, post back surgeries, post hip/knee replacement, plus the oncology population. Certifications needed: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS. Certifications: ACLS required, BLS required, NIHSS required. Work settings required: Med/Surg. Preferred: MS/Tele. Cardiac monitoring/emergency response required: interpretation of dysrhythmias, management of dysrhythmias. Preferred: telemetry - remote monitoring, use of rapid response/code teams. Gastrointestinal preferred: colostomy/ileostomy management/care, feeding tube care and management. Genitourinary/renal preferred: continuous bladder irrigation (CBI), pre/post hemodialysis management, renal failure. IV therapy/phlebotomy required: blood product administration, central line blood draw, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, starting and maintaining IVs. Preferred: accessing/managing ports, phlebotomy. Medications required: heparin, insulin. Neurological/psychiatric required: CVA (cerebrovascular accident), pre/post neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, substance withdrawal, traumatic brain injury. Oncology preferred: administration of chemotherapy, monitoring chemotherapy. Orthopedics required: ortho trauma, total joint replacement. Plastics preferred: surgical drains. Respiratory required: nasal cannula. Preferred: chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac, BiPAP/CPAP management, high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), interpretation of ABGs, oral suctioning, oxygen administration, oxygen tanks, tracheostomy care/management. Professional knowledge and skills required: isolation precautions/PPE. Preferred: wound care/wound vac. Experience: 1 year required (note: please ensure RN is aware of ratios); patient ratio experience required 1:6-7; electronic documentation preferred - Cerner. Other: accepts first-time travelers.


Unit: 8N
Position: MS
Shift: Nights
Call requirements: n/a
Weekends: every other weekend
Holidays: every other holiday
Float: If needed to like units and lower acuity

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