First Connect
RN (Registered Nurse)
First Connect, Santa Cruz, California, us, 95061
Unit Notes**HOLIDAY RTO WILL BE CONSIDERED, HOWEVER IT MAY NOT BE GUARANTEED
- Unit: ICU- # beds: 16 and can go to 20 beds- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, PALS and CCRN preferred- Ratios: 1:1, 1:2- EMR: Cerner- Charge Nurse: yes and doesn't carry patients- Nurse Aides: No- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend & would be required to fill in gaps in wknd schedule- Call: Must be within 30 minutes of hospital; driven by census and call would always be a shift originally scheduled and got put on call- Holidays: Work in to the holiday schedule- Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: Phillips- Vents: Yes Draeger Vents - per RT- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: 24 hr intensivist (on call at night)- IV Team: IV team during the day- RT 24/7: Yes- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes- Shifts: depending on census/staffing mismatch nurse could be on call (30 minute response time) 8s & 12s (mostly 12s)Floating: float to tele 4 to 1- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts in ICU then on own 3rd shift- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Adults & Peds - MedSurg, Neuro, Balloon pumps (perm staff does, if have experience will do class & bedside check-off), cranies, occasional ICP, CABG, some trauma that aren't transferred out, psych - OD, peds minor/DKA, TPA, hypothermia, ECMO, Impalla, CRRT - PrismaFlex (perm staff does, if have experience will do class & bedside check-off), TAVR, & EVAR, may start doing carotid stenting, ECOS, IABP (not required to be able to do--would have to get checked off)- Additional Notes: Must have 2 years of ICU experience
- Unit: ICU- # beds: 16 and can go to 20 beds- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, PALS and CCRN preferred- Ratios: 1:1, 1:2- EMR: Cerner- Charge Nurse: yes and doesn't carry patients- Nurse Aides: No- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend & would be required to fill in gaps in wknd schedule- Call: Must be within 30 minutes of hospital; driven by census and call would always be a shift originally scheduled and got put on call- Holidays: Work in to the holiday schedule- Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: Phillips- Vents: Yes Draeger Vents - per RT- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: 24 hr intensivist (on call at night)- IV Team: IV team during the day- RT 24/7: Yes- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes- Shifts: depending on census/staffing mismatch nurse could be on call (30 minute response time) 8s & 12s (mostly 12s)Floating: float to tele 4 to 1- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts in ICU then on own 3rd shift- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Adults & Peds - MedSurg, Neuro, Balloon pumps (perm staff does, if have experience will do class & bedside check-off), cranies, occasional ICP, CABG, some trauma that aren't transferred out, psych - OD, peds minor/DKA, TPA, hypothermia, ECMO, Impalla, CRRT - PrismaFlex (perm staff does, if have experience will do class & bedside check-off), TAVR, & EVAR, may start doing carotid stenting, ECOS, IABP (not required to be able to do--would have to get checked off)- Additional Notes: Must have 2 years of ICU experience