Med Surg/Telemetry RN
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma Regional Medical Center

RN (Registered Nurse), 2 West Med Surg/Tele

Location: Yuma, Arizona Contract length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week (6:45 PM to 7:15 AM)

Required Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• 3+ years of nursing experience
• Recent hospital experience in a Trauma Level I/II setting
• Recent electronic medical record (EMR) proficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Unit and Patient Care

• Unit: 2 West Med Surg/Tele, 90 beds (double occupancy)
• Nurse-to-patient ratios: Days 1:5-6, nights 1:6
• Common patients: Mostly medical, including pneumonia, COPD, radiation patients, and AKI, with occasional lap chole and appendectomy patients
• Drips: Heparin and Lasix drips, non-titrated
• Respiratory equipment: BiPAP and stable tracheostomy patients
• Patient care support: Patient care technicians (PCA), 8-12 patients per person
• Charge nurse: Sometimes free, but can take an assignment if needed
• Telemetry: A dedicated monitor tech runs telemetry. Nurses must sign off on telemetry strips printed by the tech, verify the interpretation, and notice rhythm changes.

Scheduling and On-Call

• Weekends: Every other weekend
• Holidays: Typically 2 to 3 per assignment
• On-call: Low census on-call
• Start dates: Not flexible
• Restrictions: No 48-hour guarantees, no blocked scheduling requests, no more than 5 days of return-to-office (RTO), 100-mile radius rule

Float Scope

• Med Surg
• Stable, low-acuity ICU
• RDU and a clinic RDU

Orientation

• One new employee orientation
• One clinical education and EMR session
• One day on the floor

Other Details

• Scrubs: Navy blue