Unit Notes:50 mile radius rule - ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF CANDIDATE'S UNEXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE LICENSING HITS MUST BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF SUBMISSION ---Unit MedSurg (Cost center 6090)

beds 52-Beds - all private rooms

Certs BLS is required. NIHSS required Some staff have ACLS - this would be a PLUS! Ratios 1:6-7 (Mostly 1:7 for both Day & Night shift) EMR Sunrise Charge Nurse/House Supervisor The 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 CA Nurse Aides CNA's: Usually have 4-6 CNA's per shift. Ratios 1:10-12 Weekend Requirement "Every-other-weekend (3 weekends out of a 6 week schedule)
Days is Sat/Sun; Nights is Fri/Sat" Holidays Work into the holiday rotation schedule Scrub Color "RN's: Navy blue top & bottom, navy scrub jackets, no hoodies CNA's: Grey" Tele Remote tele as needed - Monitored on a different unit Nurse'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 insulin Vents Bipap (intermittent only), Cpap, High Flow Hospitalist 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 24/7 RT is in-house 24/7 Pharmacy 24/7 Pharmacy is in-house 24/7 - Pyxis Shifts "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 " Floating Other MedSurg, MedSurg/Oncology units, etc. Could possibly float to IMC but would assigned MedSurg overflow. No gtts. Floor specific orientation General hospital orientation, then 2 full shifts on the unit Common 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 Notes If 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 BSN Required:No License to Submit:Yes, willing to wait Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division: Shift Notes:12 hr days, weekends as scheduled Required Certifications:BLS (AHA), NIHSS