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Certification Details - BLS
- ACLS
- NIHSS
Job Details - Hospital in Southern Arizona is looking for RNs to complete a 13 week assignment on their Med Surg/Tele Tower 2 unit.
- The right candidates will have 3+ years of experience and have an active BLS.
Job Requirements - 3+ years of experience
- Active BLS certification
- PCU/Stepdown/Tele Experience on this unit
Schedule Information - 6:45-7:15a, charge to make schedule to balance unit needs, will take travelers requests into consideration.
- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend days per month
- Days: Saturday, Sunday
- Nights: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- Holiday Requirement: 3/5 holidays
- Low Census for full or partial day
Unit Specific Information - Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:4-5 could have some mixed MS and PCU patients
- 1:5 for all MS patients
- Travelers must have experience with all drips below
- Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: amiodarone, cardizem, dobutamine, dopamine, heparin, start nitro, insulin
- Charge- free of assignment, try to avoid giving an assignment (could take a couple patients on very rare occasion)
- PCA-8-12 per person, potentially less
- Tele on this unit, Travelers need to read tele, however there is a dedicated monitor tech as well
Additional Details - ACLS, BLS, NIHSS - AHA or APEX; START DATE: Start dates are not flexible.
- NURSE PATIENT RATIOS: DAYS 1:4 NIGHTS 1:5
- Unit: PCU Cardiac/Intermediate Care - A2
- of Beds: 36
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: CHF, NSTEMI, MI, heart block, pacer, TAVR, CABG day 2, recovers cath pts after sheath is pulled, Watchman, bradycardia, VT, general PCU overflow: respiratory failure, low BPs, low hemoglobin, sepsis, post surgical, etc.
Date Posted: 03 April 2025
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