Telemetry RN
Kansas City, Missouri
Research Medical Center

Travel RN Opportunity – Cardiac Telemetry

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Employment Type: Travel

Unit Overview

• Unit: 4 Central Cardiac Telemetry
• Beds: 29
• Patient Ratio: 1:4
• Staffing: Charge Nurse, Unit Secretary, Patient Care Technicians (PCTs)
• Equipment:

  • Alaris IV Pumps
  • SCD machines
  • Hill Rom beds
  • Dinamap monitors in each room
  • Welch Allen Vital Machines (3)
  • Wound Vacs
  • Temporary Pacemakers
  • Telemetry monitor
  • EKG Machine
  • Bladder Scanner
  • Doppler
  • Imobile communication devices (iPhone-based texting and calls for team communication and real-time lab results)
• Documentation System: Meditech

Schedule & Policies

• Full-time hours required
• Must work 3 weekend shifts per scheduling period
• Floating to other areas allowed if competency demonstrated
• Dress Code: Navy blue scrubs (black scrub pants allowed with navy blue top)

Patient Care & Experience

• Align with patient experience goals:

  • Treat patients with courtesy and respect
  • Respond promptly to call lights using patients’ preferred names
  • Make personal connections
  • Involve patients in bedside shift reports
  • Teach patients how to use the nurse call phone
  • Always ask if anything else is needed before leaving the room

Required Skills & Experience

• Cardiac Telemetry or PCU/ICU experience required
• Ability to read and interpret EKGs and telemetry strips
• Experience with post-cardiac procedural care including:

  • Ablations
  • Cardiac catheterizations
  • Post Op Day 1 Open Heart
  • Permanent Pacemaker placements
• Ability to administer and titrate IV medications such as:

  • Insulin
  • Cardizem
  • Cardene
  • Amiodarone

Procedures Performed on Unit

• IV insertions
• Nasogastric tube (NGT) placement and maintenance
• Chest tube maintenance
• Temporary pacemaker care
• Foley catheter insertions

Certifications Required

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale)

Additional Information

• Awarded “Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure GOLD PLUS with Honor Roll” by the American Heart Association
• Fast-paced environment with a family-like atmosphere among tenured and new staff
• Many travel nurses have transitioned to full-time employees after contracts
• Use of Imobile technology for enhanced communication and real-time patient data access

Contract Length

• 13 weeks