General job duties.
Types of procedures required.
Post-operative Orthopedic Care: Upper and Lower extremity joints, Multi-traumatic fractures, Lumbar/Thoracic Spine surgery.
Equipment utilized in the unit/dept.
EPIC, Healthstream, Pyxis
Required skills and minimum years of experience.
1 year Medical Surgical Nursing Experience
Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required.
BLS
Shift or schedule requirements.
3 12 hour shifts per week.
Every other weekend (Saturday / Sunday on Day Shift and either Friday / Saturday or Saturday / Sunday on night shift to follow unit patterns)
Every other Holiday (Days holidays are: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.
Nights holidays are: Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, New Year s Eve, Memorial Day Eve, the 3rd of July Nights, and Labor day Eve)
Floating to other units/departments.
Floating: There are no contracts for Agency RN s that limit or make exemptions for floating
1.
Inpatient (ICU, Step Down, Tele, Med-Surg) External Agency nurses will float prior to Core nurses floating.
2.
External Agency Nurses are competent to float:
? ICU Nurses can float to Step down with full assignment and can float to Tele and Med-Surg with assignment of 4-5 patients on days and 5-6 patients on nights
? Step Down and Tele nurses can float to Med-Surg with full assignment (customarily 4-5 days and 5-6 nights, occasionally higher or lower based on acuity and coverage levels)
? Med-Surg nurses can float to like level of care units with full assignments
Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept.
26 Beds
Nurse to patient ratio of this unit.
1: 5/6
Dress Code:
Scrubs
Tell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.
3 days of training, Computer based education modules, EPIC, unit specific competency
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