Med-Surg Registered Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Title: RN  Med Surg / Tele

Location:  Milwaukee Wisconsin 53215

Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 12hr Night Shift (36) Shift Information: 1900-0730
Clinical Interviewing- Yes, Manager to review any offers On Call, Call Back Requirements: N/a Weekend Rotation: Every other Holiday Requirements:  One per contract Floating Requirements : Yes

About Facility

• Level III Trauma Center
• Level III NICU
• Magnet Designation
• Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Beds: 933

General Information

• Beds: 27

Experience: 2 years
First-time traveler: Yes

Patient Types:

• cath lab, amputations, pre-surgical - we send patients to surgery and most don't come back unless no intervention was done and will return, open heart and vascular patients will not come back
• CHF, EP studies, afib and dysrhythmias, Coumadin loading
• Cardiac-Heart Failure (as of 1/30/23)

Patient Ratios:

• RN: Days/PMs (0700-2330) - 1:4-5, Overnight (2300-0700) – 1:6-8
• Tech: Day - 1:6; Night - 1:7

Required Certifications: RN: BLS

Skills required

• cardiac gtts (Primacor, Amiodarone, Cardizem, Dobutamine), heparin, lasix and insulin gtt.
• Chest tube, traches, telemetry reading, wound care

Support on the Unit:

• Charge nurse, has 2-3 patients on days, full assignment on nights
• Unit secretary, 24/7
• Hospitalist, 24/7
• RT, 24/7
• Centralized telemetry monitoring with tele tech
• Phlebotomy to assist with peripheral blood draws

Charting System/Equipment:

• EPIC- preferred
• Alaris
• Pyxis
• Client monitors

Floating :

• all other inpatient areas within scope of practice, could possibly float to the ICU to take care of appropriate MS patient assignments (this is rare)
• ED Holding – 1:4 ratio
• Travelers 1st to float
• Can float at any time during shift to comparable floor acuity

Orientation: At least one shift to learn flow

Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: every other
• No block scheduling
• Can we approve time off up to 7 days
• Overtime: None unless approved by manager
• On Call: none
• Holiday Expectations: 1 summer and 1 winter
• AAH adheres to a "fatigue policy” where all staff, including travelers, cannot work more than 60 hours in a week or 5 consecutive 12 hour shifts

Other notes:

• Scrub Color: Any - no camo/denim
• Must document pain level, before and after (1 hour for oral) giving pain medications - The pain score must also meet the pain score with nth medication order—i.e. if a patient has a score of 8, the RN cannot give the Tylenol that is ordered for mild 1-3. The RN must call for an order if the patient wants Tylenol for the score of 8.
• Parking: free

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