RN - MS Tele

Profession: Nursing

Specialty: Medical Surgical Telemetry

Duration: 17 weeks

Shift: 12-Hour Nights

Hours per Shift: 36 hours per week

Experience: Minimum 1 year of recent experience in Medical Surgical

License: Required

Certifications: BLS, ACLS

Must-Have: Comfort with a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:5 or 1:4, including total care patients

Description:

This nursing position is in a mixed medical surgical and telemetry unit.

The unit has 24 beds.

The nurse-to-patient ratio is likely 1:5 or 1:4 based on telemetry assignments.

Common diagnoses include urinary tract infections, pleural effusions, altered mental status, hepatic encephalopathy, dehydration, sepsis, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cellulitis.

Registered Nurses will only titrate heparin per protocol on this unit.

The unit has telemetry capabilities, and registered nurses are not required to read telemetry strips.

The cardiac monitoring system in use is a Philips system.

Charge nurses do not take patient assignments.

A break nurse is provided if there are more than 8 patients.

Nursing aides are available on the unit, and they assist with the nurse-to-patient ratios.

This unit does not handle tracheostomies or ventilators.

Patients may use CPAP if this is their regular home routine, and stable BiPAPs may be present; however, rescue treatments requiring higher care attention are not accommodated on this unit.

Registered Nurses are required to work every other weekend.

Weekday shifts include Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday.

Holiday requirements will rotate with permanent staff, including two minor and one major holiday.

There is no on-call or standby requirement.

Floating to another medical surgical telemetry unit may be necessary.

The dress code is navy blue scrubs only, with black or white shoes.

Tattoos must be covered while on duty.

The charting system used is EPIC.