Telemetry RN
Bakersfield, California
Mercy Hospital Downtown

Telemetry (4W) RN

Overview

• Travel contract for an experienced Telemetry nurse
• Location: Bakersfield, California
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days, 12 hours
• Hours per week: 36

Unit

• 4W Telemetry
• 31 beds

Required Qualifications

• 2 full years of Telemetry experience
• Active BLS
• Active ACLS
• Active NIH
• Active CA License

Preferred / Additional Details

• EMR: Cerner
• Ratios: 1 to 4
• Weekend requirement: 4 shifts out of a 4-week schedule
• Holidays: 1 major holiday and 1 minor holiday in the perm staff holiday rotation
• Scrub color: Navy blue
• Tele: Phillips; must be able to read and interpret all cardiac rhythms
• Vents: Cpap or Bipap per RT
• Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes, on call after hours
• IV Team: No
• RT 24/7: Yes
• Pharmacy 24/7: Yes, Omnicell
• Call requirement: must report within 30 minutes if placed on stand by/call
• Floating: Travelers are first to float and may float to 2W MedSurg remote tele, MedSurg SW, ICU for tele MS hold, or ER holds
• Floor orientation: 1-2 shifts with preceptor
• Common patient types include post pacer, hemodialysis, new onset afib, RVR, stepdown from ICU, surgical patients, urology patients, oncology patients with cardiac problems, rare ortho patients, correctional patients, strokes, TBI, high acuity patients, heavy patients, patients with bedsores, patients from nursing homes, peg tubes, and sepsis