Required Skills/Experience:
Experience with pre/post cardiac patients and procedures—including stents, pacemakers, ICDs, pre/post CABG, and pre/post vascular procedures—is required.

Special Requests:
At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.
Block scheduling is allowed, with more block schedules available on nights.

Unit Details:
The unit is a high-acuity cardiac and cardiothoracic unit caring for surgical patients.
Nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:4 on days and 1:4-5 on nights.
Patients include those undergoing pre/post-cardiac procedures, femoral and radial heart catheterizations, cardioversions, cardiothoracic procedures, post-thoracotomy care directly from PACU, CABGs 24 hours out, stents, post-PCIs, vascular procedures, and NSTEMI care. The unit also manages tracheostomy patients on home ventilators or BiPAP/CPAP and patients with chest tubes.
Nurses titrate some drips; dobutamine and dopamine are non-titratable, while most other drips are titratable.
Common drips include Cardizem, amiodarone, dopamine, nitroglycerin, dobutamine, and Integrilin.
Telemetry monitoring, measuring, and documenting are handled by monitor technicians; travelers are not expected to be experts in it.

Shift & Scheduling:
Self-scheduling is allowed.
Weekend coverage is every other weekend or 4 weekend shifts per month, with more flexibility on both shifts.
Holiday coverage rotates every other holiday for the six main holidays: New Year's, July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, and Labor Day.
No call.

Floating Requirements:
Floating may be required as part of the permanent staff rotation.

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