RN - MS Tele

Registered NurseProfession: RN Specialty: Medical Surgical / Telemetry Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Night Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years RN experience, with 1 year in specialty License: Active RN License required Certifications: BLS required Must-Have: Epic EMR proficiency required. Trauma Level I/II hospital experience required. No more than 5 days of RTO.Description: Unit is a Medical Surgical and Telemetry unit. The unit has 90 double occupancy beds. Patient to nurse ratios are 1:5-6 during days and 1:6 during nights. Common patient diagnoses include pneumonia, COPD, and acute kidney injury. There may be occasional surgical patients such as lap chole and appendicitis. Nurses are required to sign off on telemetry strips printed by the telemetry tech. The telemetry tech interprets the strips, and nurses must verify their accuracy. Floating may be required to Med Surg, stable low acuity ICU, and other areas. Weekend requirements are every other weekend. Holiday requirements are typically 2 out of 3 holidays. There will be a charge nurse available, but they may take an assignment if needed. Patient care techs are available on the unit, with 8-12 patients assigned to each nurse. Required certifications include BLS, with ACLS preferred. Nurses are not required to titrate drips other than non-titrated heparin and lasix. Cancellation policy allows for client cancellation of guaranteed hours for the assignment. Charting is done using the Epic system.