Registered Nurse Telemetry
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Job Location:
Huntington - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
13 weeks 3x12 NIGHT 5 North/Step-down is a 20-bed (all private room) unit. We strive for a 4:1 ratio but can have a 5:1 ratio depending on our staffing situation. We have a mixture of pulmonary (pneumonia COPD BiPAP/cpap etc.) cardiac (a-fib heart failure etc.) neuro (stroke) GI (bleed) and surgery patients who are stable with a higher risk of becoming unstable. Our unit is equipped to house 20 stepdown patients at one time however all patients do not have to be step-down in order to be on our unit. We accept patients who do not require invasive monitoring. There may be a combination of adult med-surg telemetry and step-down patients at any given time based upon bed availability house wide. Examples of critical drips we can administer to our step-down patients: Amiodarone Esmolol Insulin Lasix Cardizem and Nitroglycerin. BLS ACLS & NIHSS required 1 year experience required
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Hospice Care
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Catheterization
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
