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References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.
You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.
Required Skills/Experience:
Previous Charge Experience: Required.
First-time travelers accepted if they have a solid foundation as an RN and > 2 years of experience in medical/surgical nursing.
MS/Tele experience required.
Cardiac monitoring and emergency response skills/experience: Telemetry- remote monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams.
Genitourinary/renal case skills/experience: Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management, Renal failure.
IV therapy/phlebotomy skills/experience: Blood Product Administration, Central line blood draw, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Starting IVs.
Medication skills/experience: Heparin.
Respiratory case skills/experience: Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, CPAP/BiPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Oral suctioning, Portable Oxygen tank.
Professional knowledge and skills: Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Kidney transplant experience preferred.
Urology/nephrology experience preferred.
Teaching hospital experience is preferred.
Special Requests:
Ideally no more than 5 days of RTO.
Unit Details:
Will work charge as needed for this assignment.
Adult patient population.
Urology/nephrology unit with 50-75% urology/nephrology illness and surgical procedures, as well as kidney transplant.
Includes Continuous Bladder Irrigation, Difficult Urinary Catheter Insertion Team, and post-operative care of the kidney transplant patient.
Frequent cases include kidney stones, enlarged prostates, cancers of the kidney, bladder, penile, and prostate, end-stage kidney disease, and Med Surg overflow diagnoses such as UTI, pneumonia, and cellulitis.
Also receives step-down transfers from ICU and IMC with a wide range of diagnoses.
Very busy unit discharging and re-admitting about a third to half of the floor per day.
Shift & Scheduling:
4x12 or 3x12 nights (1845-0715).
Every other weekend.
No call.
Floating Requirements:
Will float to other Medical Surgical units.
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