Travel Nurse RN - Medical-Surgical in Georgia

Registered Nurse (RN) | Medical-Surgical
Location: Georgia
Agency: MARS Solutions Group
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Shift Information: 3 days x 12 hours
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

RN - MedSurg/Tele

• About Facility:


o 777 Hemlock St, Macon, GA 31201


o 637 Licensed Beds


o Level 1 Trauma Designation


o Teaching Hospital


o Chest Pain Center


o Stroke Center


• Unit Information:


o Beds: Each Med Surg unit has 20-36 beds


o Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years Med/Tele RN exp


o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes


• Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:


o Med surg / Telemetry - all inpatient med surg units


o Common diagnoses include but are not limited to:


• Patients with acute or chronic disease


• Co-morbidities common to med-surg population: diabetes, hypertension, infections, electrolytes imbalances, etc.


• Cardiac patients: post-cath, CHF, a-fib


• Post surgical: General, Ortho, Trauma


• Patient Ratios:


o RN: 1:4-6


o LPN: 1:4-6


o CNA: up to 1:14


• Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:


o BLS required


o ACLS preferred - traveler will be required to pass and EKG competency exam during onboarding


o Certification in med surg is a plus


• Skills required:


o Trach chare, chest tube management, PIV starts and IV maintenance, glucommander, strong assessment and time management skills, care coordination with interdisciplinary team, discharge planning knowledge, patient education


o Tele skills (required): monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms, post-cath, TR bands, post-cath groin site management (no sheath pulls)


o Drips (required): insulin, heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, milrinone, Digoxin, nicardipine. Could titrate drips for HR but not for BP


• Support within the Department:


o CNA - will assist with Vitals, blood glucose checks, baths, bed changes, feeding if need, patient safety attendant; walk pts, turn pts


o Unit Secretary: on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a


o Charge nurse: may or may not have patients


o Phlebotomy? Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; RNs draw off of CVLs


o IV/VAT Team? Not an IV team - do have a PICC team


o Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses, and the Resource team floats to all units


o RT 24/7


o Hospitalist 24/7


o Intensivist 24/7


o Telemetry monitoring/tech? Central telemetry unit


• Technology/Equipment:


o EMR: EPIC


o IV Pump: Alaris


o Med dispensing: Pyxis


o Monitors: Phillips


o Unit specific equipment: VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips,


• Floating: If yes, where?


o Travelers are utilized in a float pool capacity - will be required to float to all Med/Tele units in house, as needed


• Orientation (facility and unit) :


o 1 day orientation with work on educational modules


o 2 days departmental


• Scheduling:


o Weekend rotation: 5-6 weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule)


o No call


o Holiday Expectations: work one shift of each major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or day after + 12/24 or 12/25 + 12/31 or 1/1)


o RTO Requests: MUST go through Manager for approval


o Shift times: 12-hour shifts


• 7A-7P or 7P-7A


o Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks


• Other notes:


o Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue


o Parking: Free? Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks


o Unit Culture: Busy; Team Oriented