RN - PCU Job Rome area,Georgia USA,Nursing

Title: RN- PCU

Location: Rome Georgia 30165

Duration: 8 Weeks

Shift: 12hr Night Shift - 36 Shift Information: 1900 - 0700 Clinical Interviewing- Yes On Call, Call Back Requirements: If census is low, you may be asked to be on call, but this is rare. Weekend Rotation: EOW Holiday Requirements: 70% of holidays Floating Requirements: All med surg and Critical Care Areas (including ED boarders). If ICU or ER, we do use those as well.
About Facility:

304 Turner McCall Blvd, Rome, GA 30165
361 licensed beds
Level 2 Trauma Designation
Teaching Hospital:
Yes, Residency Program
Chest Pain Center
Stroke Center

Department Information:

Minimum Years of Experience required: 2 years in requested specialty

Will you accept a first-time traveler:
Will consider, not preferred

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

ED:

General ED population for Level 2 Trauma – Chest Pain/Cardiac events, Stroke, Trauma – GSW, Stabbings, MVC, Falls, etc.;
Respiratory illnesses, Seizures, Abdominal illnesses and infections, ETOH/CIWA, IVDA, Mental Health

Medical-Surgical Floors:

3 Med Surg (Overflow & Difficult to place patients – 27 beds): Syncope, Fever and Chills, Intractable N/V, Failure to thrive, Cellulitis, Vascular dementia, Cerebrovascular disease, History of CVA.
3 North (Oncology – 20 beds): Immunocompromise patients, Cancer pts', end of life care, respite, palliative care patients, do chemo infusions (This floor will be moving to 2 Med Surg on Northeast building soon).
4 East (Ortho – 16 beds): Medical and surgical ortho patients including fractures of different bones and joints (open & closed), MVC, trauma, Buck's traction.
4 South (General Surgery & Trauma – 36 beds): Ureteral stone, Goiter, Hernia, Uterine Fibroids, Renal Mass, Diverticulitis with perforation, MVC, trauma, Bowel Obstruction, Breast Cancer for Mastectomy, Hematuria (irrigation), Fetal demise, DNC.
4 Central (Pulmonology – 22 beds): Acute respiratory failure, Hyperglycemia, Sepsis, Metabolic Encephalopathy, Dementia, COPD, Acute Kidney Injury, Failure to thrive, Pneumonia (This floor takes glucommander).
6 Central (Vascular & Bariatric Surgery – 19 beds): End stage renal disease, Foot ulcer, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Morbid Obesity (take vascular and gastric bypass surgeries, also take glucommander).

Critical Care Areas:

4 West (Neurology Stepdown – 23 beds): Stroke, Seizures, Back pain, Lumbar surgery, s/p craniotomy, lumbar drains, AMS, Aphasia (This floor takes glucommander, Cardiac titratable drips).
5 West (Cardiac Stepdown – 34 beds): Chest pain, S/p Cardiac angiography with or without PTCA, CHF, Cardiomyopathy, Pneumonia, Palpitations, Syncope, Arrythmias, Angioedema, Hyponatremia, AMS, Sepsis, Acute Coronary Syndrome, A-Fib, Heart Block (takes glucommander, cardiac titratable drips, also do aqua pheresis).
Observation unit (Decision Unit & Overflow for 5 West – 11 beds): Facial numbness, CAD, A-Fib with RVR, Stroke-like symptoms, Chest pain, right or left sided weakness, Acute respiratory failure (takes cardiac titratable drips, bedside cardiac monitors in all rooms).
ICU (Medical, Surgical, Neuro, Cardiac – all combined – 26 beds): Drug overdose, Psychosis, MI, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, MVC, Sepsis, ARF, AAA, Acute hypoxic respiratory failure, Hypoglycemia, Pneumonia, Suicide attempt (has pts' on Life link, CRRT, Intra-aortic balloon pump). Travelers not assigned CRRT and IABPs.

Required License, National Certification, Certifications (BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:

ED RN: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, TNCC and CPI (we will offer this if they do not have CPI) for all nurses
ICU RN: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, and CPI (we will offer this if they do not have CPI) for all nurses; TNCC (preferred)
PCU and Med/Tele RN: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, and CPI (we will offer this if they do not have CPI) for all nurses

Skills required:

ED RN: ER skills - arrhythmia monitory, sedation, paralytics, titratable drips knowledge, CVP monitoring, caring for s/p craniotomy pt, TPA administration, TNCC is a must, CEN preferred
ICU RN: ICU skills – arrhythmia monitory, sedation, paralytics, titratable drips knowledge, CVP monitoring, caring for s/p…