Unit Notes:Modules are required to be done before start of assignment. Modules take on average 6 hours to complete.
Myjourney modules will be assigned prior to assignment. Must be completed prior to reporting to orientation
- Unit: ICU
- # beds: 20
- Certs: BLS, ACLS, prefer CCRN, basic critical care course preferred, NIHSS
- Ratios: 1 to 2
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Each shift--do not take patients; they serve as a resource to entire house
- Nurse Aides: No
- Weekend Requirement: 2 weekends per 4 weeks
- Holidays: Every other major
- Scrub Color: Navy
- Tele: GE-nurses must read and interpret own strips
- Vents: RT in house ang manages
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Internal medicine 24/7; pulmonologist act as intensivists but are not 24/7
- IV Team: Must have strong IV skills
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 7a, 7p
- Floating: Yes, to tele, med surg and will take 4 or 5 patients; travelers are first to float
- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts in ICU and 1 unit out on the floor
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Sepsis, proficient in managing DKA hyperglycemia, PN, COPD, PCI cardiac services (not STEMI center yet), CVA, no neuro, ICU patients will recover from surgery in the ICU, versed, Propofol, norepinephrine, GI bleeds
- Additional Notes: Must be comfortable w/ ABCDE bundle, vents
- Additional Questions: You will be floating out to the floors, are you comfortable with this You will take a full patient load_x000D_
Cancellation Policy:Hospital may cancel up to 3 times per contract. Each cancellation could be a full shift or any part of a shift. (Hospital may also pay full hours for a particular shift, in lieu of cancellation).x000D
Charting System:Cerner_x000D_
BSN Required:No_x000D_
License to Submit:Yes_x000D_
Trauma Level:x000D
Care Setting:Acute_x000D_
Division:Nursing_x000D_
Shift Notes:Days, EOW, First to float_x000D_
Required Certifications:ACLS, BLS, COVID Vaccine Required, Crisis Protocol Approved, NIHSS, Pandemic Licensure Approved