Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Specialty : NP-Critical Care

Hospital Location : Portsmouth, VA

Practice Setting : Hospital based

Reason for Coverage : coverage while credentialing new providers, will be ongoing need

Shift : Friday-Tuesday 7p-8a (five 13 hours shifts)
Dates:

• June Day shifts - 1, 2, 11, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30
• July Day shifts - 1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 16-22, 24, 27
• Night shifts - 24-27
• August 13-17, 20-24 - days or nights will determine when we get close

Practice Setting: Inpatient

Average Number of Patients Per Day: 13 avg; can range from 1-20

Documentation System/EMR: EPIC

Procedures: able to place CVLs, HD caths, and arterial lines

Patient Age Demographic: Adult

APP will be Working Autonomously.

Required Areas and Procedures: Vent management with assistance of RTs

• monitoring of admitting critical care patients / availability to assist with decompensating patients overnight
• Admitting new critical care patients from the ED, hospital floor, and several surrounding hospitals
• Procedures such as central lines, arterial lines, and dialysis catheters
• Updating family/ goals of care when patients decompensate overnight

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