MS/Tele RN
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Saint Luke's East - Lee's Summit

RN/MS/Tele

Overview

• Travel/Contract RN role in Lees Summit, Missouri
• Unit census: 29 average daily census
• Unit size: 30 rooms/beds
• Specialty: MS/Tele
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours, 18:45–7:15
• Hours per week: 36
• Contract length: 13 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS issued by American Heart Association
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience
• DOU - Direct Observation Unit experience
• Orthopedics experience
• Stroke experience
• First-timers accepted
• No more than 7 days of RTO
• Home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• No pending license accepted
• Will float within service line and to sister facilities as needed

Preferred

• Travel experience preferred

Schedule

• Weekend requirement: 4–6 shifts every 6 weeks

Clinical Skills / Experience

• MS/Tele
• Telemetry
• Cardiac Telemetry
• PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• On-unit telemetry monitoring
• Rapid Response/Code team use
• Feeding tube care and management
• Blood product administration
• Central line care/management
• Peripheral line care/management
• PICC line management
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Heparin protocols
• Cardiac drips, no titration
• PCA
• CVA
• Total joint replacements
• Surgical drains
• Chest tubes with Emerson/PleurEvac
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Nasal cannula
• Oxygen administration
• Tracheostomy care/management
• Isolation precautions
• Wound care/Wound Vac

Patient Population / Unit Focus

• General intermediate population
• Sepsis / infection
• Wounds
• CHF
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• AMI
• CVA / TIA
• Altered mental status
• ETOH withdrawal
• SI
• General post-op
• Ortho
• Urology procedures
• GI bleed

Additional Assignment Details

• PACU bays: 18
• Pre-op bays: 16
• Monthly surgical census: 450–550
• Monthly GI census: 130–180
• Scrub color: Navy
• Charting: EPIC