Acute Rehab RN
Norfolk, Nebraska
Faith Health

Acute Rehab RN

Overview

• Acute Rehab unit with 7 beds
• Location: Norfolk, Nebraska
• Contract length: 12 weeks
• Shift options: Days, Nights
• Hours per week: 36
• 12-hour shifts

Required Qualifications

• RN license
• BLS
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
• 1 year of MS or Acute Rehab experience
• Skills listed as must-have: IVs, straight caths, foley, abx, isolation patients
• Nurses insert their own IVs

Preferred

• Epic experience

Unit Details

• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:3-4
• 2 nurses on shift at a time as long as there are 5+ patients
• Common patient types: Stroke, Trauma, Cardiac, Debility, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuro, Orthopedic
• Telemetry is present on the unit, but nurses do not need to read strips; monitoring is done centrally
• RN IRF training is done in the Acute Rehab Unit
• PT/OT/SLP support is available
• RT equipment includes CPAP and BiPAP; no trachs

Schedule

• Self-scheduling allowed
• Block scheduling allowed
• Core staff sign up first
• Weekend requirement: every 3rd
• Holiday requirement: every other observed holiday
• Easter is worked by whoever is on weekend duty
• On-call may be required at times if census is low
• Weekender rotating day and night weekends; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are weekend shifts

Floating

• May float to MS, Stepdown, and BHU
• In BHU, duties may include passing meds or sitter coverage

Additional Notes

• First-time travelers are accepted
• Unit/department orientation is 1 shift
• Scrub color: Navy for nursing
• Average length of stay is 7-10 days, up to 30 days