eTeam
RN (Registered Nurse) - ICU
eTeam, Albany, Georgia, United States, 31701
Unit Notes:RN's with experience in both ICU and PCU settings. You will work shifts in both settings so proficiency in both areas in a larger hospital setting is imperative to a successful contract.Certifications Required :BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and PALS and the GA RN license are required.
Experience Required : Min of 2 years of experience in both setting is also required.
Unit EC MainFast track A designated area to run less acute patients through. Screen a lot of non emergent patients to community care clinic.Notes:# beds/trauma bays 25 monitored beds, 6 fast treatment beds, 6 fast treatment chairs, 2 trauma bays, recess bay and dedicated stroke room# Psych/seclusion rooms Have a 4 bed behavioral lock down area that is staffed by psych.# patients per day approx 140 visits per dayCerts BLS, ACLS, PALS, ASLS OR NIHSS and TNCC is preferred. 2 years of experience required in specialty, no 1st time travelers.Ratios 1 to 4EMR Meditech 6.15Charge Nurse YesNurse Aides/Paramedics Yes, 2-3 per shiftSecurity/Patient sitters Yes, will hold in main ER until admitted, will have safety sittersWeekend Requirement Every 3-4th weekendHolidays Every otherScrub Color Caribbean BlueTele/Monitor Techs Central monitoring techVents will hold in ER until admittedED Physicans/Mid-Levels 1 midlevel 24/7; additional midlevel 9a-9p; MDs stagger but will always have at least 2 but based on time of day 3-4 MDSLab Draws Nurses do ownIV Team Nurses start ownRT 24/7 Yes and dedicated to ERPharmacy 24/7 In dept 11 hours per day and on campus 24/7Shifts 645a, 645p, some mids 11a, 3pFloor specific orientation 1-2 shifts depending on comfort levelCommon diagnosis / Types of patients Peds to geriatrics, get trauma here, will keep some of trauma, some neuro keep but a lot of neuro trauma ship out, ortho keep some and ship some, no burns kept here, are a CVA centerAdditional Notes Meditech 6.15 experience preferred,Additional Questions They have a dedicted triage nurse. Do they have ESI triage training? If don't have, it is ok but would like to know system they have used for triage. Have you used Alaris pumps previously?
Unit MICU SICU and CCU will float between these allNotes:# beds 12 beds in MICU, 12 beds in CCU & 14 beds in SICUCerts BLS, ACLS, ASLS OR NIHSS. 2 years of experience required in specialty, no first time travelersRatios 1 to 2 depends on acuity; open heart 1 to 1 travelers do not need to have open heart experience and will only take if experienceEMR MeditechCharge Nurse Run a charge nurse in each unit, try to keep them out of the staffing gridNurse Aides Use techs for ADLs, fingersticks, I/OWeekend Requirement Every other weekendHolidays Must be flexible and work in with core staffScrub Color forest green or white pants and white topTele/Monitor Techs Monitors in each room, station also at nurses station as wellDrips Standard ICU dripsVents Draeger ventsHospitalist or Intensivist in house Intensivist and NP on each unit during day; nights NP in house and intensivist on callIV Team PICC teamRT 24/7 yesPharmacy 24/7 yesShifts 645a, 645pFloating float within their pod or to 4AB stepdown unit. May float to ED to taskFloor specific orientation 2 shiftsCommon diagnosis / Types of patients Sepsis, DKA, PN, ARDS, MODS, CV surgeries, post vascular procedures, CRRT (do not need experience in CRRT), IABP (do not need experience)Additional Notes Must have strong ICU skills, strong assessment skills, this is high acuity ICU, must be well rounded and have medical, surgical and some cardiac experience, do not need to be able to take fresh hearts, will have to present patient at interdisciplinary roundsAdditional Questions No self scheduling, no block scheduling; nurses will be assigned to one unit as their primary unit but will float to the others as they run as a pod
Experience Required : Min of 2 years of experience in both setting is also required.
Unit EC MainFast track A designated area to run less acute patients through. Screen a lot of non emergent patients to community care clinic.Notes:# beds/trauma bays 25 monitored beds, 6 fast treatment beds, 6 fast treatment chairs, 2 trauma bays, recess bay and dedicated stroke room# Psych/seclusion rooms Have a 4 bed behavioral lock down area that is staffed by psych.# patients per day approx 140 visits per dayCerts BLS, ACLS, PALS, ASLS OR NIHSS and TNCC is preferred. 2 years of experience required in specialty, no 1st time travelers.Ratios 1 to 4EMR Meditech 6.15Charge Nurse YesNurse Aides/Paramedics Yes, 2-3 per shiftSecurity/Patient sitters Yes, will hold in main ER until admitted, will have safety sittersWeekend Requirement Every 3-4th weekendHolidays Every otherScrub Color Caribbean BlueTele/Monitor Techs Central monitoring techVents will hold in ER until admittedED Physicans/Mid-Levels 1 midlevel 24/7; additional midlevel 9a-9p; MDs stagger but will always have at least 2 but based on time of day 3-4 MDSLab Draws Nurses do ownIV Team Nurses start ownRT 24/7 Yes and dedicated to ERPharmacy 24/7 In dept 11 hours per day and on campus 24/7Shifts 645a, 645p, some mids 11a, 3pFloor specific orientation 1-2 shifts depending on comfort levelCommon diagnosis / Types of patients Peds to geriatrics, get trauma here, will keep some of trauma, some neuro keep but a lot of neuro trauma ship out, ortho keep some and ship some, no burns kept here, are a CVA centerAdditional Notes Meditech 6.15 experience preferred,Additional Questions They have a dedicted triage nurse. Do they have ESI triage training? If don't have, it is ok but would like to know system they have used for triage. Have you used Alaris pumps previously?
Unit MICU SICU and CCU will float between these allNotes:# beds 12 beds in MICU, 12 beds in CCU & 14 beds in SICUCerts BLS, ACLS, ASLS OR NIHSS. 2 years of experience required in specialty, no first time travelersRatios 1 to 2 depends on acuity; open heart 1 to 1 travelers do not need to have open heart experience and will only take if experienceEMR MeditechCharge Nurse Run a charge nurse in each unit, try to keep them out of the staffing gridNurse Aides Use techs for ADLs, fingersticks, I/OWeekend Requirement Every other weekendHolidays Must be flexible and work in with core staffScrub Color forest green or white pants and white topTele/Monitor Techs Monitors in each room, station also at nurses station as wellDrips Standard ICU dripsVents Draeger ventsHospitalist or Intensivist in house Intensivist and NP on each unit during day; nights NP in house and intensivist on callIV Team PICC teamRT 24/7 yesPharmacy 24/7 yesShifts 645a, 645pFloating float within their pod or to 4AB stepdown unit. May float to ED to taskFloor specific orientation 2 shiftsCommon diagnosis / Types of patients Sepsis, DKA, PN, ARDS, MODS, CV surgeries, post vascular procedures, CRRT (do not need experience in CRRT), IABP (do not need experience)Additional Notes Must have strong ICU skills, strong assessment skills, this is high acuity ICU, must be well rounded and have medical, surgical and some cardiac experience, do not need to be able to take fresh hearts, will have to present patient at interdisciplinary roundsAdditional Questions No self scheduling, no block scheduling; nurses will be assigned to one unit as their primary unit but will float to the others as they run as a pod