Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - COVID19 - $2,175 per week at Rapid City Hospital
Rapid City, SD 57700
About the Job
- Required Certifications:
- RN : BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Certification Details
- General Information:
- Beds: 64 – spread across 2 floors
- Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, if greater than 1 year of experience
- 1st time traveler MUST have EPIC experience
- Travelers must live 100 miles away from any Monument Health facility
- Permanent staff must wait 1 full year before returning as a traveler
- Patient Types:
- This is a mixed acuity unit meaning there will be Intermediate Care acuity as well as Tele and MedSurg – please ensure traveler understands
- Surgical : Urology, prostatectomy, bowel obstruction, mass removal, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, general abdominal surgeries
- Ortho: Total joints (knees/hips/shoulders), Ortho Trauma – External fixation, soft tissue injury and minor fractures
- Neuro/Spine: CVA/TIA with Neuro Vascular Intervention – coiling, clipping, potentially thrombectomy
- Spinal Surgical - Laminectomies, Fusions, Discectomies
- General Medical: cellulitis, influenza, COVID, pneumonia, COPD, CHF, renal failure with or without the need for hemodialysis, hepatic failure, rib fracture, gastrointestinal disorders and infections, DVTs, UTIs
- Wound care/Wound debridement, telemetry monitored patients
- Patient Ratios:
- RN: PCU : 1:4 (even for MedSurg assignments)
- CNA: 1:8
- Support on the Unit:
- Pod structure for the unit – 8 patients per pod; staffed with 2 RNs and 1 Nurse Aide
- Charge nurse: Two charge nurses for ONS that do not take a patient load (1 dedicated to each floor)
- Flex Nurse – staffed daily 10a-10p
- Phlebotomy? Yes
- IV/VAT Team? No
- Resource Nurse during Dayshift/varied hours – Nurse Clinician support available
- RT: Yes
- Hospitalist: Yes
- Charting System:
- Epic – strongly preferred; must get approval from Manager prior to offer
- Alaris
- Omnicell
- Floating:
- Any Adult Inpatient Unit - Med Surg, Ortho/Neuro/Surgical, Heart and Vascular Unit, Oncology, Observation
- Could be floated within scope of practice and below
- Will float in rotation with other travelers
- Orientation: (facility and unit)
- 2 days of unit/department orientation including policies, protocols, department information, online learnings. Also, classroom time with our Nursing Professional Development Team.
- 2 orientation shifts on the unit working with a preceptor
Job Details
- Required experience:
- Intermediate/Stepdown Level RN : 1 year of nursing experience required
- Required Certifications:
- RN : BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
- Required Education:
- RN: Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
- Skills required:
- Intermediate/Stepdown RN :
- Comfortability to take MedSurg assignments – please decline if not
- Previous experience with our types of patients above, including IMC/stepdown acuity and Neuro
- Ability to read/interpret cardiac strips, chest tubes, trach care (no fresh traches), NGT tube placement and management, JP drains, line management – PICC/Midline/CVL/PIV placement, wound vacs, wound care/dressing changes, medication administration, TPN/tube feeding, blood product transfusions, urinary and fecal collection devices
- Drip titration of below medications:
- most commonly – Heparin, Insulin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Levophed (up to 5 mcg), occasionally esmolol drips or other Betablockers or other antihypertensives
Job Requirements
- Scheduling:
- 6-week schedules
- Weekend rotation: Travelers could be scheduled for up to 4 out of the 6 weekends, which include Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Please include in offer if traveler is open to working every weekend (WOW) as this may be a possibility
- Will they be on call? No mandatory call time. If it is an extra shift on top of their already guaranteed hours, and we have enough staff then they could be placed on call for that shift
- Holiday Expectations: must be RTO request prior to offer – at this time Holiday RTO is not being accepted
- Approval of time off? Able to approve 1.5 weeks off – must extend contract to accommodate a full 13-week contract
- Blackout dates from August 1-18th (exact dates change each year) due to our Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. No time off is approved during this time.
Schedule Information
- Scrubs Color: Navy Blue
- Free Parking
- Audits are done monthly for Pre/Post pain scoring-Must meet 90% compliance with audits.
Additional Details