Med Surg Tele RN
Bridgeport, West Virginia
United Hospital Center

MedSurg/Tele RN

Overview

• Travel assignment in Bridgeport, West Virginia
• 8-week contract
• 12-hour shifts, 7a-7p or 7p-7a
• Prefer 48 hours per week; 36 hours per week will be considered
• Every other weekend required
• Holiday rotation with permanent staff
• Royal blue scrubs

Unit / Setting

• 7N Cardiac/Tele (Cardiopulmonary) Stepdown
• 29 beds
• Most frequent assignment areas: 6N and 7N
• Float scope includes the 7 Telemetry units and any MedSurg/Tele
• May float to Critical Care only with that experience

Patient Population

• Basic telemetry patients
• Common patients include CHF, Cardiac Cath, chest pain, pneumonia, chronic renal disease, COPD, ortho, and oncology
• Oncology nurses administer chemo treatments
• Similar patients to 6N, but no stepdown patients
• Common diagnoses on the unit include cardiac patients, CR bands, post cath, AMI, post-OP lung surgeries after out of CCU, respiratory failure, chest tubes, pacemakers, and post PCI
• Will not pull sheaths
• No art lines

Required Qualifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• Must be able to titrate drips
• Must be able to read and interpret telemetry strips

Preferred Qualifications

• Critical Care experience for floating to Critical Care

Clinical / Equipment Notes

• Occasional cardiac drips with titration, including Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Integrelin, Heparin, Ativan, Lasix, and Nitro up to 50 mcg
• CPAP and BiPap are present; RT manages them
• Phillips monitors
• Charge nurse available 24/7; days charge does not take patients, nights charge does take patients
• CNA support is available, ideally 1 CNA per 12 patients
• No false nails