St Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center
Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,180 per week
St Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, 58502
Salary: Up to $2,180 per week
Certification Details BLS - Basic Life Support - always required Job Requirements BLS Department: Medsurg/Onc RN - oncology (core staff to do chemo) Must have Experience: Prefer experience with trach and BiPAP, not required Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes Common titratable &/or set rate drips Lasix, Heparin - prefer lasix experience not a must Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? - Yes, Charge Nurse, a resource for both shifts, usually no assignment unless there is a staffing need Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Yes RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, BiPap, High Flow, etc.) Are RNs required to do anything with these besides trouble shoot? BiPAP stable, trachs established with blow by oxygen Are RNs required to read their own strips? RN not required to read and interpret, they use tele packs, have a monitor tech for strips Schedule Information Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?) 0700-1930, 1900-0730, manager to make schedule - Will consider block scheduling if unit needs are met Weekend Requirement: Every other Holiday Requirement: As needed Is there Call or a Standby requirement? no Floating Requirements will float to other MedSurg units, if go to tele- a tele RN will do their strips, ER holds occasionally, no mom baby Scrub Color/Dress Code/Scrubs provided? No specific scrub color How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 1-2 shifts on the floor Unit Specific Information of Beds: 31 Nurse:Patient Ratios: Days: 1:4-5, Nights: 1:5-6 Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Adults and geriatrics, Strokes (stroke unit, some acute, but not thrombectomies), HTN, COPD, Cellulitis, CHF, A fib non RVR, Chest pain, MI after ICU, Cellulitis, AMS/ behavioral, some Tele, surgical overflow- no joints or cranis, everything else, oncology (core staff to do chemo), no Onc provider in house current day Are there tele/monitor techs on this unit? yes Additional Details Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity RTO needed upfront (7 or less days per 13 week contract). Additional RTO will not be approved, including after submissions