RN – Medical-Surgical

Specialty: Medical-Surgical
Facility: Wheeling Hospital
State License: WV
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Days 12 hr days, weekends as scheduled
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: Med SurgFacility: Wheeling HospitalState License: WVCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Days 12 hr days, 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—UnitMedSurg (Cost center 6090)# beds52-Beds – all private roomsCertsBLS is required. NIHSS required Some staff have ACLS – this would be a PLUS!Ratios1:6-7 (Mostly 1:7 for both Day & Night shift)EMRSunriseCharge Nurse/House SupervisorThe Charge Nurse takes a full patient assignment. He has a Clinical Assistant (CA) 40 hours/week – 1/2 the time is on the floor taking patients & the other 1/2 in the office as the CANurse AidesCNA’s: Usually have 4-6 CNA’s per shift. Ratios 1:10-12Weekend Requirement”Every-other-weekend (3 weekends out of a 6 week schedule) Days is Sat/Sun; Nights is Fri/Sat”HolidaysWork into the holiday rotation scheduleScrub Color”RN’s: Navy blue top & bottom, navy scrub jackets, no hoodies CNA’s: Grey”TeleRemote tele as needed – Monitored on a different unitNurse’s Read Strips?RN’s are not required to read strips; however, if they have experience reading strips, they can also read them.Drips Heparin; very rare Lasix but not continuous; PCAs w/ MSO4; maybe an Ativan gtt; no cardiac gtts or insulinVentsBipap (intermittent only), Cpap, High FlowHospitalist or Intensivist in house”* Hospitalist in-house 24/7 * Intensivist in the ICU 24/7 * Also have residence in-house 24/7″IV Team”IV team in-house 24/7 & also have a PICC team * RN’s assess their patient’s IV sites but do not start their own IV’s on this unit * IV Team starts all IV’s *”RT 24/7RT is in-house 24/7Pharmacy 24/7Pharmacy is in-house 24/7 – PyxisShifts”12-Hour Shifts: 0645-1915; 1845-0715. Schedules are made out for 6 weeks at a time. Staff is allowed to submit up to 6 requests off per 6-week schedule “FloatingOther MedSurg, MedSurg/Oncology units, etc. Could possibly float to IMC but would assigned MedSurg overflow. No gtts. Floor specific orientationGeneral hospital orientation, then 2 full shifts on the unitCommon diagnosis / Types of patients”All ortho post-ops, all basic neuro post-ops (laminectomies, discectomies, spinal fusions), all other general post-ops (gallbladders, mastectomies, sleeve gastrectomy’s, infections, other medical dx: COPD, CP, pneumonia, cellulitis, etc. Hemodialysis is on this floor. It is HIGHLY preferred travelers have experience with peritoneal dialysis. “Additional NotesIf a patient is being testing for COVID they will usually remain on this unit, unless it is going to take longer for result – then they will transfer the patient to the COVID unit Cancellation Policy:2 shifts per 13 week contract Charting System:Allscripts – Sunrise BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes, willing to wait Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:12 hr days, weekends as scheduled Required Certifications:BLS (AHA), NIHSS