Travel Registered Nurse (RN) - Med/Surg

Company: Nationwide Therapy Group
Location: Sioux Falls
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

ID: 46812130 Shift: Nights Description: Additional Information: Position Description: General job duties. Types of procedures required. Avea vents, Philips monitors, Hospira pums, EPIC based EMR, Artic Sun, Datascope IABP. They need to know EKG, hemodynamic and medication calculations, as they will test them out on these during orientation their first week. Required skills and minimum years of experience.ACLS, hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive medication titration, management of ventilated patients, recovery for procedures/surgical, conscious sedation. Prior critical care experience required. Bipap, Cpap, Heated High Flow, Oxygen titration, Moderate Sedation, Telemetry, Medical-Surgical patient care. Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required. (ARRT, CRT, BLS, ACLS, etc)ACLS and BLS - both AHA . SD or compact state RN license. Shift or schedule requirements. Rotating days/nights with 12 hour shifts, every other weekend and holiday, options for straight weekend if prefer. The employee will not work alone, however is required to be on call if census dictates, weekends are required.Floating to over units/departments. (If so, to which units/departments?)Will need to float between Critical Care (CC2, CC3, 2800), 3000 Cardiology/3800 Cardiac Critical Care, Pulmonary/Pulmonary Acute (IMC/Step Down), and 5000 Ortho/Neuro/Neuro Acute (IMC/Step Down). Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept.Together, the 30 bed medical surgical unit and 8 bed progressive care unit equips RNs with fundamental critical care experience in mechanical ventilation and provides a solid nursing foundation focusing on safe patient outcomes. With an average length of stay of 4 days on the Wings and 9 days in Acute, patient diagnosis range from pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, COVID-19 and pulmonary embolism to complex cases requiring nursing skills for oxygen therapy, intravenous medications, moderate sedation monitoring during bronchoscopies, chest tubes, tracheostomies, postoperative care, non-invasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation, in addition to cardiac monitoring. The diverse patient population and supportive family culture of the Pulmonary Unit provides a great atmosphere and exceptional nursing skills.39 icu beds in three locations (CC2 - 12 beds, CC3 - 15 beds, CCW - 12 beds)Nurse to patient ratio of this unit. (nursing only)ICU: 1:2 primarily with some 1:1 with higher acuity and 1:3 when holding overflow or patient transfer status. 1:3 in Pulmonary Acute for IMC RNs, other units: 1:4/5 days shifts 1:5/6 night shiftsTell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.General nursing orientation via CLI, computer based training and test outs for competency (see above), EMR training, department specific training based on assessment of need and preceptor shiftsComments: *Must have ICU experience* Offering Straight Nights and Day/Night Rotating shifts. Every other weekend and holiday. Positions will cover these C CRP (CC/3000/3800/5000/NACU/Pulmonary/Acute) Name of Position Requirements - Does your candidate require any time off during initial assignment? If yes, list in comments section. - Is this candidate a 1099 employee? - Min 2 years recent MS/Tele/ICU experience - Willing and able to float between Critical Care and MS/Tele units as needed - Active ACLS - Must be AHA - required - Active BLS - must be AHA - required - Active SD or compact state RN license, list state in comments - Experience with Bipap and Cpap - Experience with Oxygen titration - Experience with Moderate Sedation - Experience with hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive medication titration, and management of ventilated patients? Guaranteed Hours: Contract Weeks:91

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