Local Contract Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry
Macon, GA
Concentric Healthcare Staffing
3x12 hrs, Nights

This is a local RN - Med/Tele contract. 36 hrs - Nights
2 Years of Med Surg /Tele exp Required. Will accept first time travelers. 

Weekend Rotation- 6 shifts on a 6 week schedule (6 out of 12 shifts)

Holiday Requirements- Travelers will work 75% of holidays

Facility: 
Level 1 Trauma Designation

·        Teaching Hospital

·        Chest Pain Center

·        Stroke Center
 

●       Unit Information:

·        Beds: 16

▪        Avg Census – 16 patients

·        Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years – Med/Tele RN experience

·        Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

  Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

·        Chest pain, syncope/vomiting, abdominal pain, cellulitis, COPD exacerbation, heart failure observation, dehydration, hypertension, diabetes, POD#1 requiring hospital stay overnight, simple trauma, MVC, fall

·        Waiting an Inpatient Room for admission (used to decompress the ER)

●       Patient Ratios:

·        RN: 1:4-6

·        LPN: 1:4-6

·        CNA: 1-2 per shift

●       Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:

·        RN License (associate’s degree at a minimum)

·        BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS required 

·        BCR (Basic Cardiac Rhythm) – test completed during onboarding

●       Skills required:

·        trach care, chest tube management, PIV starts, glucommander, insulin drips (required), heparin drips, drips to titrate to HR NOT BP

·        Strong clinical assessment and time management

·        IV insertion and Maintenance skills

·        Cardiac monitoring and interpretation

·        Care coordination with interdisciplinary teams

·        Discharge planning knowledge and patient education
Support within the Department:

·        CNA: assist with VS, Glucose Checks, baths, feeding, ambulating patients, assisting turning patients, hourly rounding, transporting patients as needed (Hospital has designated Transport Team); obtain blood from blood bank

·        Unit secretary on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a

·        Charge nurse – may or may not have patient assignment

·        Phlebotomy: Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; nurses drawn from CVLs

·        IV/VAT Team?  No IV team- do have a PICC team

·        Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses and 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 Cardiac Telemetry monitoring

▪        Portable vital signs monitors (Dynamapp)

▪        Bladder scanners, IV pump, portable oxygen system

▪        Glucommander

▪        PCA pain management

▪        Suction machine

▪        Use of admission/ discharge protocol for rapid turnover