Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgery / Telemetry

Registered Nurse (RN) | Medical-Surgical
Location: Georgia

Agency: MARS Solutions Group

Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)

Start Date: ASAP

About the Position
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

o Common diagnoses include but are not limited to:

• Patients with acute or chronic disease
• Co-morbidities common to med-surg population: diabetes, hypertension, infections, electrolytes imbalances, etc.
• Cardiac patients: post-cath, CHF, a-fib
• Post surgical: General, Ortho, Trauma

• 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 and IV maintenance, glucommander, strong assessment and time management skills, care coordination with interdisciplinary team, discharge planning knowledge, patient education

o Tele skills (required): monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms, post-cath, TR bands, post-cath groin site management (no sheath pulls)

o Drips (required): insulin, heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, milrinone, Digoxin, nicardipine. Could titrate drips for HR but not for BP

o 6 months EPIC experience required

• 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: may or may not have patients

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, and the Resource team floats to all units

o RT 24/7

o Hospitalist 24/7

o Intensivist 24/7

o Telemetry monitoring/tech? Central telemetry unit

• Technology/Equipment:

o EMR: EPIC - 6 months EPIC experience required

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

o Will also float to ED for holds

• 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