Unit Notes
**CANDIDATES MUST BE AVAILABLE TO WORK 2 OR 3 MAJOR HOLIDAYS, AND RTO MUST BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM**
**Must be able to read strips when floated to Med/Tele Floor**
- Unit: MedSurg 6B
- # beds: 46
- Certs: BLS, Chemo preferred
- Ratios: 5:1
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes - no patient assignment.
- Nurse Aides: Yes - ratio 1:12 days, 1:14 nights.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- Holidays: Yes - rotate with core staff.
- Scrub Color: RN - Navy Blue, Aides - Hunter Green
- Tele: No
- Nurse's Read Strips: No, but will float to MedSurg 5 and Tele, so skills required.
- Drips: Heparin, Blood
- Vents: No - potentially bipap and cpap at night.
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 0630-1900, 1830-0700
- Floating: MedSurg 5, Tele 7 (within skill set), and Rehab.
- Floor specific orientation: 1 shift with a preceptor.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Pneumonia, COPD, Diabetes, ESRD, cellulitis, GI issues. Gunshot wounds, stab wounds, patients with abd drains. Neuro issues related to Trauma