Med Surg RN
Weirton, West Virginia
Weirton Medical Center

MedSurg - Level 8 - 23 RN

Location

• Weirton, West Virginia

Assignment Details

• 13-week contract
• 48 beds
• Night shift, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Every other weekend
• May be asked to go into the holiday rotation
• No call or standby requirement

Required Qualifications

• RN license
• BLS certification
• 1 year of experience
• Unexpired driver’s license must be included with submission
• Licensing hits must be disclosed at time of submission

Preferred / Accepted

• First-time travelers are accepted
• Can take PCT class to become PCT, or can have CNA

Unit Information

• Nurse-to-patient ratios: 1:5-7 on days, 1:6-8 on nights
• Common patient types include pneumonia, UTI, AMS, GI bleed, alcohol withdrawal, and falls/weakness
• RNs may titrate drips with exceptions; no cardiac drip titration
• Common titratable or set-rate drips include heparin, bumex, and lasix
• Charge nurse coverage: 2 on day shift; charge nurse takes an assignment. At night, if only 1 charge nurse is scheduled, they do not take an assignment
• Patient care tech ratio is 1:10-12 on average, but may be higher
• PCT duties include vitals, BGM’s, EKG’s, applying heart monitor, bathing, feeding, toileting, turning, and positioning
• Respiratory therapy administers breathing treatments, inhalers, ABGs, and manages BiPap, Cpap, and high flow O2
• Nurses are not expected to read or interpret telemetry strips
• Floating and shift pull rotation may include other MedSurg, MedSurg-Tele, or IMC units for lower-acuity patients
• Schedule is made by the manager, with flexibility around requested time off
• If working rotating shifts, schedules are typically 2 weeks of days and 2 weeks of nights
• Orientation includes 1 day with educator/computer system and 1 day with a preceptor

Dress Code

• RN: Navy blue
• PCT: Ceil blue
• Secretaries: Black and pink