RN Registered Nurse

Unit Notes
ALL SUBMITTALS MUST INCLUDE A UNEXPIRED COPY OF THE CANDIDATES DRIVES LICENSE

Unit MedSurg (Cost center 6090)
beds 52-Beds - all private rooms
Certs BLS is required. NIHSS required Some staff have ACLS - this would be a PLUS.
Ratios 1:6-7 (Mostly 1:7 for both Day & Night shift)
EMR Sunrise
Charge Nurse/House Supervisor The Charge Nurse takes a full patient assignment. He has a Clinical Assistant (CA) 40 hours/week - 1/2 the time is on the floor taking patients & the other 1/2 in the office as the CA
Nurse Aides CNA's: Usually have 4-6 CNA's per shift. Ratios 1:10-12
Weekend Requirement "Every-other-weekend (3 weekends out of a 6 week schedule)
Days is Sat/Sun; Nights is Fri/Sat"
Holidays Work into the holiday rotation schedule
Scrub Color "RN's: Navy blue top & bottom, navy scrub jackets, no hoodies
CNA's: Grey"
Tele Remote tele as needed - Monitored on a different unit
Nurse's Read Strips? RN's are not required to read strips; however, if they have experience reading strips, they can also read them.
Drips Heparin; very rare Lasix but not continuous; PCAs w/ MSO4; maybe an Ativan gtt; no cardiac gtts or insulin
Vents Bipap (intermittent only), Cpap, High Flow
Hospitalist or Intensivist in house " Hospitalist in-house 24/7
Intensivist in the ICU 24/7
Also have residence in-house 24/7"
IV Team "IV team in-house 24/7 & also have a PICC team
RN's assess their patient's IV sites but do not start their own IV's on this unit IV Team starts all IV's "
RT 24/7 RT is in-house 24/7
Pharmacy 24/7 Pharmacy is in-house 24/7 - Pyxis
Shifts "12-Hour Shifts: ; .
Schedules are made out for 6 weeks at a time. Staff is allowed to submit up to 6 requests off per 6-week schedule "
Floating Other MedSurg, MedSurg/Oncology units, etc. Could possibly float to IMC but would assigned MedSurg overflow. No gtts.
Floor specific orientation General hospital orientation, then 2 full shifts on the unit
Common diagnosis / Types of patients "All ortho post-ops, all basic neuro post-ops (laminectomies, discectomies, spinal fusions), all other general post-ops (gallbladders, mastectomies, sleeve gastrectomy's, infections, other medical dx: COPD, CP, pneumonia, cellulitis, etc.
Hemodialysis is on this floor. It is HIGHLY preferred travelers have experience with peritoneal dialysis.
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Additional Notes If a patient is being testing for COVID they will usually remain on this unit, unless it is going to take longer for result - then they will transfer the patient to the COVID unit