Certification Details
- Required Certifications : BLS, ACLS, PALS
- Experience or 'Must have' skills : Must have experience traveling and caring for both children and adults.
Job Details
A hospital in Idaho is in need of a PACU RN to work a 13 week contract ASAP. The nurse will be working 9 hour days.
Job Requirements
- Must have experience traveling and caring for both children and adults.
- We prefer candidates from large hospitals that have had at least 2 years in PACU.
- EMR EPIC experience required.
- Floating rarely happens. If they would it would only be in Treasure Valley-Meridian or Nampa, If a traveler has preop experience may float them to Preop.
Schedule Information
- Shifts are 4- nine hour shifts Mon-Fri 10-1930, 11-2030, 12-2130.
- Weeknight / Call Requirements : not required, but may ask for volunteers if there is a need.
- Weekend / Call Requirements : not required, but may ask for volunteers if there is a need.
- Holiday / Call Requirements : not required, but may ask for volunteers if there is a need.
- What is call response time : will discuss if they take a call shift.
- How many shifts of unit / department specific orientation : Generally 3 days to learn the three recovery areas : Peds, Adult Inpatient, Adult outpatient.
Unit Specific Information
Unit : Post Operative Care Boise Hospital
of beds : 31
Phase 1 and Phase 2 : Phase I and II. 3 total recovery areas- Children's recovery for both inpatient and outpatient, Main recovery for Adult inpatients, and Adult outpatient recovery- Phase I and II recoveries in each area.
Can cover all 3 recovery areas in the same shift.
- Nurse : Patient Ratios : 1 : 2 based on ASPAN standards. 25 RNs are staffed Mon-Fri.
- Common Cases : All surgical specialties. A lot of total joints, neuro, cardiac, some plastics, cath lab, IR, endoscopy, any patient that requires general anesthesia will be recovered here.
Peds-a lot of ENT-tonsillectomies, ear tubes, can get complicated children with big spine surgeries, big general or ortho too.
Open hearts are NOT recovered in PACU.
- ICU patients - do they recover in PACU : Yes- unless staying intubated is the plan.
- RNs read strips : Yes.
- Are there nurse aids on this unit / Ratios : We staff 8 CNAs staffed Mon-Fri. Mainly help with transport but do help with mobility assessments, taking out IVs, bladder trials, can do EKGs and phlebotomy, room turnover, stretcher cleaning.
- RT Equipment : All RT equipment- patients rarely come out intubated, if they do RT is called to help support; may have an airway in place.
Additional Details
- This facility has a radius rule of 50 miles.
- Date Entered On : 2 / 13 / 2024
15 hours ago