Certification Details
- ACLS and BLS certifications required
- TNCC a plus
Job Details
- Hospital : Rapides Regional Medical Center
- Location : Alexandria, Louisiana
- Address : 211 4th Street
- Unit Name : Medical ICU
- Building : South Tower
- Cost Center : 65073
- Number of Beds : 26
- Patient Ratios : 2 : 1
- Unit staffing description : RNs and Unit secretary / COVID runner. Total care is provided by RNs.
- Type of equipment : Ventilators, Alaris IV pumps, Balloon pumps, ventriculostomy drains, glucometers. Use of iMobile phones and technology by all staff in the hospital.
- Documentation system : Meditech using EBCD (Evidence Based Clinical Documentation)
- Shift are twelve hours from 7 to 7; every other weekend.
- Holiday requirements
- Nursing staff will float to other Medical-Surgical Units in the hospital as needed with priority focus on pulling to Intensive Care Units.
- Patient Experience requirements : Hourly rounding, bedside hand-off reporting, completion of "My Care Board" during hand-off report;
use of AIDET with a focus on compassionate connected care.
Job Requirements
- Must be willing to care for COVID-19 patients
- ICU experience
- Positive attitude, flexibility, teamwork, desire for excellence, self-motivated
- Good communication and people skills
- Ability to work in a diverse environment
- Ventilator management, critical care drip knowledge
- Thorough and accurate assessment skills
- Proficient knowledge with cardiac, neuro, and respiratory systems
- Don and Doff of PPE
- Procedures performed on unit : Intubations, cardioversions, ventriculostomy drain placement and management, IABP management, continual renal replacement therapy (CRRT), proning of patients.
Schedule Information
- All nursing shifts are twelve hours from 7 to 7; every other weekend.
- Holiday requirements
- Floating policy : Nursing staff will float as needed with a priority focus on Intensive Care Units.
Unit Specific Information
- Medical ICU
- Number of Beds : 26
- Patient Ratios : 2 : 1
- Unit staffing description : RNs and Unit secretary / COVID runner. Total care is provided by RNs.
- Type of equipment : Ventilators, Alaris IV pumps, Balloon pumps, ventriculostomy drains, glucometers.
Additional Details
- Pathways to Excellence Certified
- Working toward Magnet status
- Certified Stroke Center
- Certified Chest Pain Center
- Level II Trauma Center
- HCA Unit of Distinction winner of top 10% and 5%. Finished overall #2 ranked ICU in HCA in 2019.
- Quality measures are highly maintained
- Many staff members are nationally certified, including managers
- Several highly tenured nursing staff
- Self-scheduling within certain guidelines
- iMobile technology
- This unit cares for ICU COVID-19 patients
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