About Facility: • 777 Hemlock St, Macon, GA 31201 • 637 Licensed Beds • Level 1 Trauma Designation • Teaching Hospital • Chest Pain Center • Stroke Center
Unit Information: • Beds:...
RN - MedSurg/Tele
About Facility: • 777 Hemlock St, Macon, GA 31201 • 637 Licensed Beds • Level 1 Trauma Designation • Teaching Hospital • Chest Pain Center • Stroke Center
Unit Information: • Beds: Each Med Surg unit has beds • Minimum Years of Experience required: 2 years Med/Tele RN exp • Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: • Med surg / Telemetry all inpatient med surg units • Common diagnoses include but are not limited to: • Patients with acute or chronic disease • Co-morbidities common to med-surg population: diabetes, hypertension, infections, electrolytes imbalances, etc. • Cardiac patients: post-cath, CHF, a-fib • Post surgical: General, Ortho, Trauma
Patient Ratios: • RN: 1: • LPN: 1: • CNA: up to 1:14
Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance: • BLS required • ACLS preferred traveler will be required to pass and EKG competency exam during onboarding • Certification in med surg is a plus
Skills required: • Trach chare, chest tube management, PIV starts and IV maintenance, glucommander, strong assessment and time management skills, care coordination with interdisciplinary team, discharge planning knowledge, patient education • Tele skills (required): monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms, post-cath, TR bands, post-cath groin site management (no sheath pulls) • Drips (required): insulin, heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, milrinone, Digoxin, nicardipine. Could titrate drips for HR but not for BP
Support within the Department: • CNA will assist with Vitals, blood glucose checks, baths, bed changes, feeding if need, patient safety attendant; walk pts, turn pts • Unit Secretary: on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a • Charge nurse: may or may not have patients • Phlebotomy: Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; RNs draw off of CVLs • IV/VAT Team: Not an IV team - do have a PICC team • Resource Nurse: Yes, we have discharge nurses, and the Resource team floats to all units • RT 24/7 • Hospitalist 24/7 • Intensivist 24/7 • Telemetry monitoring/tech: Central telemetry unit
Technology/Equipment: • EMR: EPIC • IV Pump: Alaris • Med dispensing: Pyxis • Monitors: Phillips • Unit specific equipment: VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips
Floating: If yes, where? • Travelers are utilized in a float pool capacity will be required to float to all Med/Tele units in house, as needed
Orientation (facility and unit): • 1 day orientation with work on educational modules • 2 days departmental
Scheduling: • Weekend rotation: weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule) • No call • Holiday Expectations: work one shift of each major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or day after + 12/24 or 12/25 + 12/31 or 1/1) • RTO Requests: MUST go through Manager for approval • Shift times: 12-hour shifts: 7A-7P or 7P-7A • Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks
Other notes: • Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue • Parking: Free. Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks • Unit Culture: Busy; Team Oriented