Registered Nurse - MS/Tele

Medical Surgical Unit Job

Beds: 34 Staffing Ratios: 1:9 all shifts Float Required: Y - other m/s units Weekend Coverage: EOW # Weekend Shifts per Contract: either every other weekend or 4 weekend shifts/month Locals Accepted? N - must be > 75 miles Patient Diagnoses: Most surgical patients end up on this unit. They have a joint center of excellence on this unit. They see hip, knee, shoulder replacements. They also see a lot of general surgery cases; appy's, exploratory laps, hernias, etc. They take medical patients as well that require telemetry. Age range spans and treat diseases of all ages adolescents to elderly. This M/S unit is only M/S unit with wall suction so would take all SBO's. Special Procedures/Unit Details: This unit uses the care delivery model which is 1 RN, 1 LPN, 1 PCT per 9 patients. They use "modified teams" when full teams are not available. Special Equipment: They have wall suction so any patients requiring suction go to this unit.