RN – Medical ICU (MICU)

Specialty: Medical ICU (MICU)
Facility: Weirton Medical Center
State License: WV
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 3 year(s)
Shift: 12H Nights 12 hr nights, weekends as scheduled
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: ICUFacility: Weirton Medical CenterState License: WVCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 3 year(s)Shift: 12H Nights 12 hr nights, weekends as scheduledGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:50 mile radius rule – ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF CANDIDATE’S UNEXPIRED DRIVER’S LICENSELICENSING HITS MUST BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF SUBMISSION- # of Beds: 10- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:2-3 (1:5/6 when floated to IMC)- Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS?): BLS, ACLS, NIHSS- Common diagnoses/Types of patientsResp distress, post arrest, acute MI, balloon pumps, vents, anyone needing vasopressor support, not ICP monitoring – Experience or ‘Must have’ skills: “Must have 3 years of ICU experience- Must have balloon pump experience- Must be comfortable with Vent management and drip titration”- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: vasopressors, levo, neo, epi, nitro, heparin, angio, and more- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?Charge nurse, does take a full patient assignment – Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: Yes, not in house 24/7, typically schedule from midnight- 7 PM. – Hospitalist &/or Intensivist in house 24/7? In the ICU 24/7?: No, on-call at night, noturnist available for entire hospital at night- RT available 24/7?: Yes, Assigned to multiple units- RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, BiPap, High Flow, etc.): Are RNs required to do anything with these besides trouble shoot?RT will administer breathing tx and manage all resp equipment (Vents, trachs, bipap, cpap, airvo); nurses are expected to be able to troubleshoot equipment appropriate – Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: None, Nurses must read and interpret tele – Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?): “RN 7-7, 6:45- 7:15 for days- 4 week schedule that staff are allowed to make an ideal schedule, nothing finalized until the schedule as been”- Weekend Requirements: EOW- Holiday Requirements: May be asked to go in the Holiday Rotation- Is there a call or standby requirement?: No- Floating RequirementsTravelers can float to any inpatient unit, travelers are first to float – Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy Blue – How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 1 Day General Orientation, 1 day with a preceptor – Additional Notes: This is not a closed unit; primary physicians manage the care (not a direct intensivist), Cancellation Policy:Client may cancel 2 shifts per 13-week assignment and 1 shift for assignments less than 13 weeks Charting System:Cerner Corporation – Soarian BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:12 hr nights, weekends as scheduled Required Certifications:ACLS, BLS, NIHSS