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Hospital: Centennial Medical Center
Location: Nashville, TN
Address: 2300 Patterson St. Nashville, TN 37203
Unit Name: CVICU
Building: Tower
Cost Center: 653/64125
General Information
Unit Specifics:
Number of Beds : 16
Patient Ratios : 1:2, 1:1 for certain device patients
Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : Free floating charge nurse to assist staff. Unit secretary and Administrative Care Tech M-F . Student Nurse Externs on variable shifts that assist nurses by performing tech duties.
Type of equipment : Phillips bedside telemetry monitors, Hill-Rom beds, Alaris IV pumps
Documentation system: Meditech
Scheduling requirements: 2 weekends/month, 1 summer holiday (Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day), 2 Winter Holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day)
Floating policy: C/L employees float as needed, typically to other ICU s but can include other floors.
Patient Experience requirements: None specific
Hospital Specifics-
Certifications: BLS
Hiring profile
Requested Skill Set:
Must have: Strong critical care experience, including CVICU experience
Advanced skills needed: Skills with PA catheter and hemodynamic monitoring required, preferred experience with IABP, Impella, and CRRT.
Procedures performed on unit: Provide care to immediate post-operative cardiac surgery patients, including ECMO, Centrimags, and HM3 LVADS. Perform central line insertion, swan insertion, intubations, etc. on unit.
Certifications Required: ACLS, BLS
Dress Code: (Required uniform)
Scrubs black, red, or galaxy blue, scrub jackets/vests only
Unit Guidelines/Policies: Please attach unit specific policies and guidelines.
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Awards/Recognition: Please include anything that you would like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as, links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards
HCA Unit of Distinction Award Winner
Daisy Award Recipient
Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc.
16 bed CVICU with 5 full time surgeons performing high volume and advanced cardiac surgeries. Specialize in post-operative cardiac surgery care and devices. Intensivist assigned to unit 24/7. Strong driven team of nurses with excellent teamwork.