Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgery / Telemetry

Registered Nurse (RN) | Medical-Surgical
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)

Shift Information: 3 days x 12 hours

Start Date: ASAP

TravelNurseSource is working with MARS Solutions Group to find a qualified Med/Surg RN in Georgia!
RN - MedSurg/Tele
• About Facility:

o Level 1 Trauma Designation

o Teaching Hospital

Unit Information:

o Beds: Each Med Surg unit has 20-36 beds

2 years Med/Tele RN exp

o Med surg / Telemetry - all inpatient med surg units

Co-morbidities common to med-surg population: diabetes, hypertension, infections, electrolytes imbalances, etc.

• Post surgical: o RN: 1:4-6

o LPN: 1:4-6

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)

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 Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses, and the Resource team floats to all units

o Hospitalist 24/7

o Intensivist 24/7

o Telemetry monitoring/tech? Central telemetry unit

• Technology/Equipment:

o EMR: EPIC

o Unit specific equipment: 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 Weekend rotation: 5-6 weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule)

o Holiday Expectations: work one shift of each major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or day after + 12/24 or 12/25 + 12/31 or 1/1)

o Shift times: 12-hour shifts

• o Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue

o Unit Culture: Busy;