Certification Details
Certifications : BLS required, ACLS preferred.
Job Details
- Facility in Eastern Nebraska is looking for several traveling Med-Surg nurses.
- The hospital is looking for both day and night shift coverage.
- The shift will be twelve hours, 13-26 Week Contracts, 36-48 hour guarantee's.
Job Requirements
ACLS Preferred, BLS
Schedule Information
- Shifts & Scheduling : 0630-1900, 1830-0700.
- Travelers will be scheduled.
- Will approve a limited amount of block scheduling.
- Weekend Requirements : Every other weekend.
- Holiday Requirements : 1 major, 1 minor.
- Floating Requirements : Yes to other medical surgical areas or units with MedSurg patients waiting for a MedSurg bed.
Unit Specific Information
Department : Med Tele / Ortho RN - 4th Floor North & South
of Beds : 55
- Nurse : Patient Ratios : 1 : 5-6
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients : MedSurg / Tele- joint replacements, fractures, colon resections, COPD exacerbation, prostatectomy, cellulitis, sepsis, ortho trauma, GI bleeds, pneumonia, failure to thrive
- Are RNs required to titrate drips? : Heparin, lidocaine, and ketamine
- Common titratable & / or set rate drips : PCA pumps
- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? : Yes
- Are there nurse aids / patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties? : Yes- 1 : 10-20
- Are there Tele / Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?
Tele techs will interpret, RNs should have some tele awareness.
- Shifts : 0630-1900, 1830-0700.
- Scrub Color / Dress Code / Scrubs Provided? : RNs : Navy Blue
- How many shifts of unit / department specific orientation? : 2 days
Additional Details
- Charge RN for MedSurg.
- Have mechanical lifts in every other room.
- Big focus on hourly rounding and responsiveness.
- This unit typically has multiple discharged and admissions in one day - a nurse is successful on this unit when they can manage the business of the day, have good attendance, are a team player, friendly, compassionate, and cares about patients first.
- They serve patients of all cultures on this unit including Spanish, Karen, Burmese.
- Radius Rule : 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and / or Dignity.
- RTO needed upfront (7 or less days per 13 week contract). Additional RTO will not be approved, including after submissions.
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