Description
- Certification Details
- ACLS, BLS, NIHSS required
- RNs required to read and interpret their own strips
- Job Details
- LEVEL I TRAUMA EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- SIMs Lab: All RNs will be expected to complete SIMs Lab for Foley catheter insertion & central line dressing changes, with the exception of NyICU & ED. NyICU only has to do Foley catheter insertion. ED does Foley catheter insertion but does port-a-cath insertion instead of central line dressing change.
- SIMs lab is pass/fail & nurses have been termed during SIMs Lab for breaking sterile field.
- Those travelers that understand sterile field typically pass SIMs Lab skills.
- The hospital expects that every nurse is competent in these areas, especially maintaining sterile field, as these are nursing skills that are performed frequently.
- In addition to SIMs Lab, they will also go through lifts, restraints, & wound care, but these are just educational based since the equipment & policies can be different facility to facility.
- Job Requirements
- 2 years ICU experience required.
- Must have experience in 600+ bed teaching facility.
- Schedule Information
- 12 hour shifts 7-7
- 3 weekend shifts every 4 weeks
- Work in with core staff rotation
- ICU Travelers will be required to float amongst all ICU areas, as well as any MedSurg/Tele units.
- Unit Specific Information
- Unit MICU: 40 beds, 1:1-2 nurse-patient ratio, Sepsis, GI Bleed, DKA, etc.
- Unit SICU: 40 beds, recover vented patients from OR, transplants, severe surgeries, etc.
- Unit TICU: 40 beds, all trauma patients, MVAs, GSW, etc.
- Bedside Procedures: Bronchs, Trachs, Hemodialysis Cath placements.
- Additional Details
- Medical Solutions Pre-Screens, if clinical recommends AUTO OFFER
- Travelers must understand that they will be floated & will not have an opportunity to refuse, stating that they "don't do" or "won't do" in regards to floating.
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