RN - ICU - Nights - $60/hr

RN - ICU

●       ABOUT FACILITY:

o   600 Hospital Drive Monroe, North Carolina 28112

o   174 Beds

o   Stroke Center

o   No Trauma Designation

o   Not a Teaching Hospital

o   Not a Chest Pain center

o   Radius Rule: Travelers’ permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit

●       UNIT INFORMATION:

o   Beds: 14

▪        Census? Average patients/day?  14

o   Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years ICU experience

o   Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

●       PATIENT TYPES/COMMON DIAGNOSES:

o   Adults only.

o   Medical ICU patients: Sepsis, DKA, Strokes, CIWA, respiratory/kidney/liver failure, GI bleeds, surgical patients, CHF, COPD,

o   No cardiothoracic or high-level neuro surgeries

●       PATIENT RATIOS:

o   1:2-3 depending on staffing

●       REQUIRED LICENSE, NATIONAL CERTIFICATION, CERTS:

o   BLS, ACLS, NIHSS,

●       SKILLS REQUIRED:

o   Vented patients, trachs, chest tubes, critical drip maintenance, central line maintenance, art lines, wound care, wound vacs, drains, cardiac rhythm interpretation, PIV starts, NG tube insertion/maintenance, etc.

o   EPIC experience required

●       SUPPORT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT:

o   1 CNA, covers HUC duties for nights

o   Cameras in rooms for remote triage RN, can transfer to remote doc on Nights

o   HUC during the day

o   Charge nurse, can take patients if needed, but not usually. Charge RN will be a part of the Rapid Response/Code Team

o   Phlebotomy 24/7, but ICU draws own labs

o   PICC Team during the day

o   Anesthesia available at night for central line placements

o   RT 24/7

o   Hospitalist 24/7

o   Intensivist 24/7 here during the day, Virtual Critical Care Doc for Nights

o   Bedside monitors, central monitors at nurses station

●       TECHNOLOGY/EQUIPMENT:

o   EMR: EPIC - required

o   IV Pump: Alaris

o   Med dispensing: Omnicell

o   Monitors: Phillips

●       FLOATING: IF YES, WHERE?

o   Yes, could float to other areas to care for ICU or PCU patients. Typically, do not have to float to MedSurg, but within the realm of possibility.

o   Will be in rotation with staff

●       ORIENTATION (facility and unit):

o   NEO

o   2 shifts in unit to orient to shift hired into

●       SCHEDULING:

o   Weekend rotation: 6 weekend shifts in a 6-week schedule, can be Friday, Saturday, or Sunday

o   On call? No

o   Holiday Expectations: 50% of holidays in contract

o   Approval of RTO: ok to approve up to 7 days

o   Shift times: 0645-1915, 1845-0715

o   Schedule cycle: 6-week schedules

▪        Can put in schedule requests, but supervisor will balance schedule to unit needs

▪        Block scheduling cannot necessarily be guaranteed

▪        Manager open to picking up shifts

●       OTHER NOTES:

o   Scrub Color: Navy Blue

o   Parking: Free

o   Unit Culture:

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