RN – Step-Down

Specialty: Step-Down
Facility: Rapid City Hospital
State License: SD
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience:
Shift: 12 Hour Days
Guaranteed Hours: 36
Description: Specialty: PCUFacility: Rapid City HospitalState License: SDCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: Shift: 12 Hour DaysGuaranteed Hours: 36Description: SIMPLIFI CLINICAL INTERVIEWGeneral InformationBeds: 44Minimum experience: 1.5 years general nursing experienceWill you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, only with 2+ years of experienceTravelers must live 100 miles away from any Monument Health facilityPermanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a travelerPatient Types:This is a mixed acuity unit meaning there will be Intermediate Care acuity as well as Tele and MedSurg please ensure traveler understandsDirect admits, ED admits, Post Cath Lab, etcMI, NSTEMI STEMI (IABP would go to ICU), CHF, Dysrhythmia management, Pacemaker malfunction, Epicardial pacersBackup Stroke unit and Medical OverflowStep down level experience with post cardiac/vascular, post-cardiac cath patients, post open heart surgery, post TAVR, post EP studies, post pacemaker insertionPatient Ratios:RN: 1:4 most of the time, can be 1:3 (acuity dependent)Required Certifications:BLS, ACLS, NIHSSRequired Education:Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) – South Dakota Board of NursingSkills required:PCU level RNExperience with Cardiac procedural recovery (CABG/TAVR/post cardiac cath), MI pharmacology,titratable Cardiac/vasoactive gtts (Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Levo, Dopamine) please request manager approval if traveler does not have this, Heparin gtts, cardiac rhythm interpretation, chest tubes management, TNK administration (preferred)Support on the Unit:CNA (Ratio: 1:5-8, depending on shift)Charge nurse – UnassignedPhlebotomy Yes, peripheral blood drawsIV/VAT Team NoResource Nurse OccasionallyTele tech would oversee cardiac monitoring RN would confirm strips 6a 6pRT – yes, 24/7Hospitalist – in facility 24/7, but not dedicated to unitCharting System/Equipment:Epic please let CRT know if traveler does not have EPIC experience so they can ask approvalAlarisOmnicellFloating: If yes, where?Primarily to our sister unit, General PCU as neededCould also be floated to MS/Tele or ICU to care for PCU level patientsCould be floated within scope of practice and belowOrientation:(facility and unit)2 partial days of education(3) 12hr shifts on the unitScheduling:Weekend rotation: Every otherWill they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? No callHoliday Expectations: Every otherApproval of time off? Up to 7 days, must extend if taking a full week off. No time off the first (3) weeks of August annually (Sturgis Bike Rally)Other notes:Scrub Color: Navy BlueFree Parking Program name:SimpliFi Travel