RN (Registered Nurse)

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionUnit Notes50 mile radius rule, no location rates***** Clinical Team will PROFILE REVIEWIf Clinical Recommends, MGR will call for interview *These staff may be deployed to ED to care for boarded ICU patients or will work in the ICUif put on standby. response time is 30 minutesif put on standby, and not called in, that counts as a cancellation towards the cancellation policyPLEASE NOTE: ICU FLOATS TO MS TELE AND TELE FLOORS NO BLOCK SCHEDULING OR SCHEDULING REQUEST - MGR WILL NOT ACCOMODATE SCHEDULE FOR A 2ND JOB, TRAVEL ASSIGNMENT MUST BE PRIORITYHOSPITAL/AREA INFO:travelers extend up to their year markcentral to national parks, Yosemite is 1-2 hour driveLAKES: McClure, McSwain, Don Pedro Lakes & Lake Yosemite for outdoor sports & trailsfarmers marketsnearby towns: Atwater, Linton, Le Grand2 hour from San Fran & Sacramento1hr from Fresno & Modestoday trips: Mariposa, Groveland or El Portalaffordable housing for California - Unit: ICU- # beds: 20- Certs: BLS, ACLS, prefer CCRN, basic critical care course preferred, NIHSS- Ratios: 1 to 2- EMR: Cerner- Charge Nurse: Each shift--do not take patients; they serve as a resource to entire house- Nurse Aides: No- Weekend Requirement: 2 weekends per 4 weeks- Holidays: per unit needs- Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: Client-nurses must read and interpret own strips- Vents: RT in house ang manages- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Internal medicine 24/7; pulmonologist act as intensivists but are not 24/7- IV Team: Must have strong IV skills- RT 24/7: Yes- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes- Shifts: 7a, 7p- Floating: Yes, to tele, med surg and will take 4 or 5 patients; travelers are first to float- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts in ICU and 1 unit out on the floor- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Sepsis, proficient in managing DKA hyperglycemia, PN, COPD, PCI cardiac services (not STEMI center yet), CVA, no neuro, ICU patients will recover from surgery in the ICU, versed, Propofol, norepinephrine, GI bleeds- Additional Notes: Must be comfortable w/ ABCDE bundle, vents- Additional Questions: You will be floating out to the floors, are you comfortable with this? You will take a full patient load