Telemetry RN - Inpatient Rehab/Ortho
Lufkin, Texas
CHI Saint Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin

IP Rehab/Ortho - Calder 1 RN

Location

• Lufkin, Texas

Assignment Details

• 13-week contract
• Day shift, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Rural hospital
• Outdated EMR

Unit / Setting

• Unit MedSurg- AC3
• 9 beds on Ortho and 13 beds on Inpatient Rehab
• If MedSurg census does not support, the nurse may be assigned IRF patients

Required Qualifications

• BLS
• RN license
• Tele patients are on the unit
• IVs
• Foley catheters
• Dressing changes

Preferred Qualifications

• Ortho experience

Patient Population

• Total knees, hips and shoulders
• CVAs
• Encephalopathy
• Lumbar fusions
• Clean medical-surgical patients when bed needs necessitate

Staffing / Workflow

• Nurse-to-patient ratios: 1:4 on MS and 1:6 on IRF
• Ratios are frequently adjusted based on patient acuity
• Charge nurse is on both units each shift and takes patient assignments
• PCT support is assigned on nights and assists with ADL care and vital signs
• RT handles neb treatments and CPAP setup
• Tele monitor techs monitor off-site
• RNs have passed a basic rhythm course
• If census is low, staff may stay on the unit or float to another unit in the hospital if there is greater need for nursing staff

Schedule

• Every other weekend required
• Holidays are rotated
• No self-scheduling

Floating

• May float only to another MS unit with similar staffing ratios

Orientation

• 3 days of classroom orientation
• 2 precepted shifts on the floor

Dress Code

• Navy blue scrubs
• Scrubs are not provided