Unit: 5500-1118 - Med/Surg - 3 North A

Travel Experience Required: Yes

Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Ortho

Shift: Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:00)

Block Schedules: No

Years of Experience: 2 year(s)

Charting System: Required, Epic

Trauma Level I Experience: Preferred
Trauma Level II Experience: Preferred

Certfications:
• Certs marked with * are preferred
• ACLS*, BLS, NIHSS*

Skills:
• Skills marked with * are preferred
• Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response
• Telemetry - remote monitoring*
• Use of Rapid Response/Code teams*

Medications:
• Insulin*
• Heparin
• PCA

Neurological/Psychiatric:
• CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)*
• Pre/Post neurosurgery*
• Spinal cord injury
• Traumatic Brain injury

Orthopedics:
• Peripheral nerve block catheters*
• Ortho trauma
• Total joint replacement

Respiratory:
• Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac*
• BiPAP/CPAP management/maintenance*
• Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)*
• Pre/Post Thoracic Surgery*
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Nasal Cannula
• Oral suctioning
• Oxygen administration
• Oxygen tanks
• Tracheostomy care/management

Work Settings:
• MS/Tele
• Med/Surg

Gastrointestinal:
• Colostomy/ileostomy management/care
• Feeding tube care and management

Genitourinary/Renal:
• Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management
• Renal failure

IV therapy/Phlebotomy:
• Accessing/Managing Ports
• Blood Product Administration
• Central line blood draw
• Peripheral Line Care/Management
• Phlebotomy
• PICC line management
• Starting and maintaining IVs

Plastics:
• Surgical drains

Professional Knowledge and Skills:
• Isolation Precautions/PPE
• Wound Care/Wound Vac
• Computerized Charting
• EPIC

Scheduling Type: Other

Patient Ratios:
• Days: 1:6
• Nights: 1:6
• Weekends: 1:6

Float Required: Yes

Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract: Half

Pre-Approved Time Off: 1 Request

Patient Age Groups: Adolescents, Adults, Geriatrics

Number of Rooms: 36

Number of Beds: 36

Interdisciplinary Support: Physical Therapy, Respiratory Services, Interpretation Services, Phlebotomy, Radiology, Social Services, Rapid Response Teams, Pharmacy, Transportation

MS Ortho Unit

Shift: 3x12 hour nights
Years of experience: 2 years
Travel experience: Preferred
Charting: Epic
Certifications: BLS, ACLS*, NIHSS*.

Patient ratios: 1:6
Float required
Weekend: Half of scheduled shifts
Number of rooms: 36