RN - MedSurg/Tele

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

●       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, glucometer,

o   Common drips: Insulin drips, Heparin drips, drips to titrate to HR not BP,  MUST BE PROFICIENT IN ALL CARDIAC DRIPS

●       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: Yes 

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, Resource team floats to all units

o   RT 24/7

o   Hospitalist 24/7

o   Intensivist 24/7

●       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

●       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