Med Surg RN Float
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Parkview Regional Medical Center

RN Centralized Registry Float

Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Contract Length: 13 weeks Discipline: Registered Nurse (RN) Shift: Days, 12-hour shifts (3 a.m. to 3 p.m.), 36 hours per week Weekends: 3 weekend shifts in 4 weeks Call-off: Up to 24 hours per 13-week contract

Required Qualifications

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Valid RN license in Indiana
• At least 1 year of medical-surgical experience within the last year at a large hospital (450+ beds)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association

Clinical Setting

• Units: General medical and surgical units
• Patient ratios: 1:5 to 1:6
• Float scope: Medical-surgical RNs float to areas in greatest need, but only to other medical units.
• Patient population: Chronic illnesses (COPD, diabetes, CHF, end-stage renal disease), GI conditions (pancreatitis, bleeding, gastroparesis, inflammatory bowel disease), infections (pneumonia, cellulitis, sepsis, UTI, C. diff), neurological conditions (stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury), and mental health disorders (depression, anxiety, substance abuse).
• Procedures: Colonoscopies, thoracentesis, paracentesis, bronchoscopy, and minor surgeries (lap chole, incision and drainage, biopsies, amputation)

Duties and Equipment

• Assessments, care planning, interprofessional communication, and charting in the Epic electronic record
• IV therapy management, including heparin and insulin drips
• Wound vacs, chest tubes, feeding pumps and tubes, IV pumps, SCDs for VTE prevention, heating/cooling pads, and telemetry monitoring
• Pyxis machines and AccuChek blood glucose meters
• Dress code: Caribbean Blue scrubs

Orientation

• Facility orientation: 8 hours total, including 1 day of general hospital orientation and about 5 days of nursing orientation, plus Epic classes