TravelNurseSource is working with TalentBurst, Inc. to find a qualified Med/Surg / Tele RN in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201!
Title: RN Med Surg / Tele
Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin 53215
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 12hr Night Shift (36)
Shift Information: 1900-0730
Clinical Interviewing- Yes, Manager to review any offers
On Call, Call Back Requirements: N/a
Weekend Rotation: Every other
Holiday Requirements: One per contract
Floating Requirements: Yes
About Facility
- Level III Trauma Center
- Level III NICU
- Magnet Designation
- Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Beds: 933
General Information
Experience: 2 years
First-time traveler: Yes
Patient Types:
- cath lab, amputations, pre-surgical - we send patients to surgery and most don't come back unless no intervention was done and will return, open heart and vascular patients will not come back
- CHF, EP studies, afib and dysrhythmias, Coumadin loading
- Cardiac-Heart Failure (as of 1/30/23)
Patient Ratios:
- RN: Days/PMs (0700-2330) - 1:4-5, Overnight (2300-0700) – 1:6-8
- Tech: Day - 1:6; Night - 1:7
Required Certifications: RN: BLS
Skills required
- cardiac gtts (Primacor, Amiodarone, Cardizem, Dobutamine), heparin, lasix and insulin gtt.
- Chest tube, traches, telemetry reading, wound care
Support on the Unit:
- Charge nurse, has 2-3 patients on days, full assignment on nights
- Unit secretary, 24/7
- Hospitalist, 24/7
- RT, 24/7
- Centralized telemetry monitoring with tele tech
- Phlebotomy to assist with peripheral blood draws
Charting System/Equipment:
- EPIC- preferred
- Alaris
- Pyxis
- Client monitors
Floating:
- all other inpatient areas within scope of practice, could possibly float to the ICU to take care of appropriate MS patient assignments (this is rare)
- ED Holding – 1:4 ratio
- Travelers 1st to float
- Can float at any time during shift to comparable floor acuity
Orientation: At least one shift to learn flow
Scheduling:
- Weekend rotation: every other
- No block scheduling
- Can we approve time off up to 7 days
- Overtime: None unless approved by manager
- On Call: none
- Holiday Expectations: 1 summer and 1 winter
- AAH adheres to a "fatigue policy” where all staff, including travelers, cannot work more than 60 hours in a week or 5 consecutive 12 hour shifts
Other notes:
- Scrub Color: Any - no camo/denim
- Must document pain level, before and after (1 hour for oral) giving pain medications - The pain score must also meet the pain score with nth medication order—i.e. if a patient has a score of 8, the RN cannot give the Tylenol that is ordered for mild 1-3. The RN must call for an order if the patient wants Tylenol for the score of 8.
- Parking: free
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