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Form of work- Ratios: 3-4; Combination acuity unit: Adult medical surgical and surgical stepdown.
- Ratios are 1:3/4 for floor for surgical/medicine stepdown patients. If stepdown beds are not full would require ability to care for medical surgical floor patients in a 1:6 ratio.
- Patient Diagnoses: Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma: Cellulitis, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Gun Shots, Stabbings, Falls, Various Cancers, Kidney Stones, Bowel Obstruction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Limb Ischemia, Hernia, Gangrene.
- Special Procedures / Unit Details: Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma: Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Hernia Repair, TURP, Ostomy Creation or Closure, Wound Debridement, Tumor Removal, Kidney Stone Removal, Amputations, Fem Pop Bypass.
- Special Equipment: Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube/Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains.
- Unit Systems (Medication, Documentation, Communication): Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR.
- Combination acuity unit: Adult medical surgical and surgical stepdown.
- Specialty: PCU.
Requirements
- Must have 2 years of surgical unit experience.
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response Teams, Feeding tube care and management, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, Phlebotomy, PICC line management, Starting IVs, Heparin Protocols, PCA, Surgical drains, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac , External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Interpretation of ABGs, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Oxygen face masks, Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac
- Certs: BLS, ACLSm NIH
Preferred:
- Charge nurse experience and Level 1 Trauma, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, Telemetry - remote monitoring, IV insulin protocols, Titration of Insulin drips, Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management, Renal failure, Spinal cord injury, Traumatic Brain injury, Ortho trauma, Tracheostomy Management,
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