Unit Notes
**CANDIDATES MUST BE AVAILABLE TO WORK 2 OF THE 3 MAJOR HOLIDAYS**
- Unit: ICU
- # beds: 32 (licensed for 40). Set up in pods of 8
- Certs: BLS, ACLS. NIHSS.
- Ratios: 2:1
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes - no patient assignment. Also a Resource RN that may take a patient assignment.
- Nurse Aides: Usually 1 on days only.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- Holidays: Yes - rotate with core staff.
- Scrub Color: RN-Navy Blue, NA- Hunter Green
- Tele/Monitor Techs: No monitor techs. RNs read and interpret own strips.
- Drips: Yes - pressors, antiarrhythmics, sedation, etc.
- Vents: Yes
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts, 0630-1900, 1830-0700
- Floating: Tele and any ED ICU/Tele holds
- Floor specific orientation: Day 1 - 8hrs ICU educator, 4hrs with preceptor. Day 2 - 12hrs with preceptor.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: "Higher level-neuro/Cardiac/PCI/ /Sepsis/ETOH/Stroke. Ventrics, TBI, Camino ICP monitoring.
Additional Notes: Prefers 3 years of experience; Huddle report and bedside report. No acrylic nails or gel polish allowed during assignment.