First Connect
RN (Registered Nurse)
First Connect, Oxnard, CA, United States
Unit Notes
- Unit: 2North - Telemetry
- # beds: 31 beds
- Certs: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
- Ratios: 1 to 4
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes - there will either be a shift manager and a resource RN on or a charge nurse and resource RN on at all times, charge nurse will not take a patient assignment
- Nurse Aides: Yes typically 2 on for days and one for nights depending on census
- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule (nights - Friday, Sat, Sun and Days - Sat, Sun)
- Holidays: yes - one major and one minor
- Scrub Color: Navy
- Tele: Phillips - monitor tech on each unit, they will read strip and then RN's will sign off on strip
- Nurse's Read Strips: Yes
- Drips: amiodarone, cardizem, heparin, they do not have to titrate
- Vents: No but they may get bipap or cpap
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - on call after hours, hospitalist is shared between SJRMC and SJPVH
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts, 7am-7:30pm, 7pm-7:30am, no block scheduling
- Floating: Will float to 3North or 2 South and also to SJPVH to work tele or medsurg, they could also float to ER to take MS/Tele holds
- Floor specific orientation: 1 shift on home unit, and then one of each of other units, they will also orient to SJPVH
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: very sick, high acuity patient population, pneumonia, end stage renal disease, post cath lab patients, respiratory distress, CHF, COPD
- Additional Notes: Unit is a lot of primary care nursing, they do have techs but they get pulled to sit and they may not always have them, very limited resources available, nurses will be very busy, they do have a float pool but currently is very limited. Travelers must have 2-3 years experience, travel experience is preferred. They must also have a positive attitude and the heart and compassion to go with it. Nurses MUST have experience with drips. Experience with chest tubes preferred.
- Unit: 2North - Telemetry
- # beds: 31 beds
- Certs: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
- Ratios: 1 to 4
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes - there will either be a shift manager and a resource RN on or a charge nurse and resource RN on at all times, charge nurse will not take a patient assignment
- Nurse Aides: Yes typically 2 on for days and one for nights depending on census
- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule (nights - Friday, Sat, Sun and Days - Sat, Sun)
- Holidays: yes - one major and one minor
- Scrub Color: Navy
- Tele: Phillips - monitor tech on each unit, they will read strip and then RN's will sign off on strip
- Nurse's Read Strips: Yes
- Drips: amiodarone, cardizem, heparin, they do not have to titrate
- Vents: No but they may get bipap or cpap
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - on call after hours, hospitalist is shared between SJRMC and SJPVH
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts, 7am-7:30pm, 7pm-7:30am, no block scheduling
- Floating: Will float to 3North or 2 South and also to SJPVH to work tele or medsurg, they could also float to ER to take MS/Tele holds
- Floor specific orientation: 1 shift on home unit, and then one of each of other units, they will also orient to SJPVH
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: very sick, high acuity patient population, pneumonia, end stage renal disease, post cath lab patients, respiratory distress, CHF, COPD
- Additional Notes: Unit is a lot of primary care nursing, they do have techs but they get pulled to sit and they may not always have them, very limited resources available, nurses will be very busy, they do have a float pool but currently is very limited. Travelers must have 2-3 years experience, travel experience is preferred. They must also have a positive attitude and the heart and compassion to go with it. Nurses MUST have experience with drips. Experience with chest tubes preferred.