Travel Nurse RN - DOU - Direct Observation Unit - $2,268 per week

Company: Camden Clark Medical Center
Location: Parkersburg
Posted on: September 1, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Required Certifications: BLS & ACLS are both required
  • Job Details
  • Specialty: 2N Observation - 32
  • This unit is very busy & fast paced. Can discharge up to 6 patients/day & 6+ admits; 12 hr nights, weekends as scheduled
    • Job Requirements
    • RN's must be able to read strips & have experience with set-rate Cardizem & Amiodarone.
    • Experience with TR Bands would be a huge plus!
    • RN's required to titrate drips: No
    • Charge Nurse on the unit 24/7. Day Charge sometimes takes patients; Night Charge always take patients
    • Travelers are typically the 1st to float. They could be floated anywhere in the hospital, including ICU & Stepdown; however, they would only be given patients within their skillset.
      • Schedule Information
      • Shifts are all 12's (7a-7p; 7p-7a)
      • Clock in no sooner than 0653 or 1853.
      • Every-other-weekend for travelers
      • Holiday rotation schedule for Perm staff. If they can get by without travelers working weekends they will; however, if the needs of the unit require travelers to work weekends, this would be the expectation.
      • Call or Standby could happen if census was low, but not often.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Unit: 2N - Medsurg and cardiac Observation (Cost center 32)
        • # Beds: 21-Beds - Usually staff for 18
        • Ratios: Average ratios 1:6
        • Common diagnosis/Types of patients: Pre/post Cath, CP rule-outs on heparin drips, COPD, CHF, pacers, arrhythmias, as well as any MedSurg dx
        • Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Only set-rate Cardizem & Amiodarone. Other occasional drips include Bumex & Lasix.
        • Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Do RN's read strips? Tele monitor techs on the 3rd floor; however, the RN's must be able to read & interpret strips. They also have a monitor on this unit for real-time viewing.
        • Are there Nurse Aides on this unit/Ratios: 1:10 but sometimes 1:14-15 depending on census & staffing. DUTIES: EKGs, bladder scans, FSBS, ADLs, all vitals
        • RT/Equipment (i.e. Cpap, Bipap, High Flow): No High Flow. Only Bipap & Cpap - for supportive therapy only. If a patient was dependent on Bipap or Cpap they would probably be transferred to a higher acuity unit
        • Unit/Department Specific Orientation: 1 day of Computer training, followed by 1 day on the floor shadowing with a preceptor. After that, they are on their own for the 3rd day
        • Scrub Color/Dress Code: Royal Blue
          • Additional Details
          • ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA) are required
          • All submittals must include an unexpired copy of the candidate's driver's license
          • Ask for time-off during prescreen & include in prescreen notesCompensation Information:$0.0 / - $0.0 / Starting At: 0.0 Up To: 0.0

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