First Connect Health is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Bakersfield, California.
Title: RN Telemetry
Location: Bakersfield, CA, 93301
Duration: `13 Weeks
Shift: Nights (12*3)
Requirements:
2+ Yrs. of Exp.
RN Active License Required.
ACLS, BLS, NIHSS Required.
Cerner Required.
Description:
THIS IS AN RN SHIFT MANAGER - CHARGE RN POSITION! MUST have experience as an RN shift manager! (Will take patient assignments, also staff a resource nurse to help w/ tasks and breaks etc) - Unit: 4W Telemetry - # beds: 31 beds (11 private & 10 semi-private)
Ratios: 1 to 4
EMR: Cerner
Charge Nurse: Shift Manager & a Resource Nurse
Nurse Aides: Yes
2 on days & 1 on nights
Weekend Requirement: 4 shifts out of 4 week schedule.
Weekend shifts for nights are Fri/Sat & Sat Sun for days
Holidays: Travelers are expected to work into the perm staff holiday rotation schedule (1 major holiday & 1 minor holiday)
Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
Tele: Phillips
*Must be able to read & interpret all cardiac rhythms
Vents: Cpap or Bipap (per RT)
Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes
on call after hours
IV Team: No
RT 24/7: Yes Call requirements: must report within 30 mins if placed on stand by/call Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
Shifts: 12's 7 - 7:30.
Block scheduling allowed if the needs of the unit are met, but not guaranteed.
Floating: Travelers are the 1st to float.
Could possibly float between MSW & MHB because they are under the same license, travelers may float between the two.
They would float to 2W MedSurg remote tele, MedSurg SW, some to ICU for tele MS hold, or ER holds.
Floor specific orientation: 1-2 shifts w/ preceptor
Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Post pacer, hemodialysis, no cardiac/surgical patients, new onset afib, or RVR. CP sent out.
Stepdown from ICU, surgical patients, urology patients: Cystoscopy. Oncology patients would transfer if they have cardiac problems to be monitored.
Rare ortho patients. Some correctional patients (federal not State), strokes, TBI, high acuity, heavy patients, a lot of patients with bedsores, about 1/3 from nursing homes, peg tubes, sepsis, etc...
Orientation Paid. #950615
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