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Form of workUnit Information: M/S
Location: Brownsville, Texas
Address: 100 A. Gloor
Floor: 2nd Floor-2W Surgical
Building:
General Information
Tell us about the unit(s):
Number of Beds Bed Capacity is 32
Number of Staff Unit has 40 employees
Type of staff: Director, manager, CN s, Staff RN s, LVN s, Nurse Aides, and Unit secretaries.
o Day Shift CN, 3-5 staff nurses (depending on census), 2-3 nurse aides, and US
o Night Shift CN, 3-5 staff nurses (depending on census), 2-3 aides.
Patient Ratios 6-7 patients per nurse; 2-3 nurses depending of census.
Type of equipment PCA pumps, IV pumps
EMR -
Typical hiring profile
Skill Set Most recruited for: (Travel RNs, local CNAs and sitters)
Must have: candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role.
Med-Surg experience.
Minimum of 2 years recent hospital experience
Preferred or nice to have: candidates with these skills will be considered first.
Surgical experience; bilingual preferred but not a must;
Experience with Meditech
List typical procedures performed on unit(s):
Admissions, discharges, transfers;
Wound care, IV s, Blood administration, collecting of specimens, medication administration
Dress Code: Include requirements, but most of all not acceptable attire.
Scrub Color - Royal Blue; Only scrub jacket in white or royal blue may be used; no outside jackets.
Unit Guidelines/Policies: Please feel free to attach unit policies and guidelines.
Awards/Recognition: Feel free to include items such as links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards, reigning annual chili cook-off winners, etc.
Unit is currently over 500 days free of any CAUTIs, CLABSI s, Pressure ulcers
Unit of Distinction 2017
Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc. *Remember it is a very competitive market any information you can provide will help attract talent.
