Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical

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SimpliFi Interviews General Information: Beds: 34 beds, 17 on the south side, 17 on the north side. One year of minimum experience. Will accept a first-time traveler. Permanent staff must wait 2 years before returning as a traveler. Travelers cannot live within a 75-mile radius of the facility. Patient types: medical type patients including CHF, diabetes, dialysis, COPD, ETOH, IVDA. Telemetry – remote monitoring with tele tech 24/7. Will not have to read or verify strips. Tele tech will notify RN of rhythm changes. General surgical patients post-operative and observation. Patient ratios: 1:5-6, can flex up to 7 in surge times (do not go above 1:7) – working on getting this down by hiring more staff. Required certifications: BLS, CPI or MOAB – must have prior to start, ACLS (preferred). Skills required: IV insertion, trach management, chest tube management, NG tube placement and management, feeding tubes, foley placement and management, wound care, dressing changes, central line management, cardiac rhythm interpretation (preferred). Support on the unit: CNA (ratio 1:8-9, can be as high as 1:12 due to), unit secretary – day shift, telemetry suite with tele tech 24/7, charge nurse takes a patient load, hospitalist, RT in house 24/7 (RT on unit), phlebotomy does most peripheral draws, nurses will have to draw all central lines. Charting system/equipment: EPIC, BD Alaris IV pumps, Omnicell. Orientation: 1 day of general orientation (get badge, learning modules) if general orientation is only part of day, and the remainder of the day will be used for on unit orientation 1-2 days of on-unit orientation. Floating: To any med-surg unit and holding/overflow unit. Scheduling: Every other weekend expectation, rarely back to back weekends. Shift times: Day: 0700 – 1930; Night: 1900-0730. No self-scheduling. RTO requests: Clinical team to approve up to 7 days off. Need approval from unit manager for greater than 7 days off. Holidays: will be assigned a holiday in rotation – request RTO approval for holidays. Other notes: Scrubs: Ceil Blue.