RN (Registered Nurse) - First Connect
Bakersfield, CA 93301
About the Job
Unit Notes
***** Clinical Team will pre-screen all candidates.**
***CERNER REQUIRED***
*NO FIRST TIME TRAVELERS*
--No Duos--
- Unit: MedSurg 6E - General Medsurg - No tele
- Location: (BMH) Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
- # beds: 30 Beds
- Ratios: 5:1 Both days/nights
- Certs: BLS, ACLS Required
- EMR System: Cerner
- Add'l Equipment: Pagers linked to call light system & internal spectra link phones
- Unit Orientation: 1 - 2 shifts including the other units they could be floated to (5W, 4W, 4E, & 5E)
- Nurse Aides: "Yes (can vary depending on census)
Days 2-3; Nights 2 (unless census is low or high RN volume)"
- Charge Nurse: Yes (Charge nurse must have ACLS) they don't take patients but help staff nurses. IF census is high or there are any unexpected ill calls the charge nurse would serve as staff nurse.
- Shifts/Hours: 12's; 7a - 7:30p/7p - 7:30a
- Breaks: 1/2 hour break (clock-out); 3 - 15 min breaks per shift (CA Law)
- Weekends: "Every other weekend or equivalent of 4 weekend days in a 4 week schedule (Example: could be 2 in a row, then off 2 in a row)
Day Shift Weekend is Sat/Sun; Nights is Fri/Sat"
- Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
- Tele: Pt's on tele monitored remotely by 5W monitor station/techs (6E shares tele monitors with 5E. The 2 units combined will have no more than 14 patients on tele) The charge nurse from the monitored floor (5W) interprets the rhythms. Then the staff RN puts the strip in the patient's chart. RNs on this unit are not required to interpret strips but they expect them to have basic arrhythmia skills.
No - ICU & ER can assist w/ hard IV sticks No
- IV Team: No - ICU & ER can assist w/ hard IV sticks
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
- Types of patients: General Med/Surg patients, pneumonia, diabetes, COPD, infections, cellulitis, MRSA, isolation, coli, TURPS, laps, etc...No cardiac drips. Only PO cardiac meds. Assignments are based on acuity levels. No primary cardiac dx on this unit
Floating MedSurg nurses only take MedSurg patients. If floated to MedSurg/Tele they would only be assigned MedSurg patients. They would verify that they were oriented to a unit before floating to that unit.
***** Clinical Team will pre-screen all candidates.**
***CERNER REQUIRED***
*NO FIRST TIME TRAVELERS*
--No Duos--
- Unit: MedSurg 6E - General Medsurg - No tele
- Location: (BMH) Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
- # beds: 30 Beds
- Ratios: 5:1 Both days/nights
- Certs: BLS, ACLS Required
- EMR System: Cerner
- Add'l Equipment: Pagers linked to call light system & internal spectra link phones
- Unit Orientation: 1 - 2 shifts including the other units they could be floated to (5W, 4W, 4E, & 5E)
- Nurse Aides: "Yes (can vary depending on census)
Days 2-3; Nights 2 (unless census is low or high RN volume)"
- Charge Nurse: Yes (Charge nurse must have ACLS) they don't take patients but help staff nurses. IF census is high or there are any unexpected ill calls the charge nurse would serve as staff nurse.
- Shifts/Hours: 12's; 7a - 7:30p/7p - 7:30a
- Breaks: 1/2 hour break (clock-out); 3 - 15 min breaks per shift (CA Law)
- Weekends: "Every other weekend or equivalent of 4 weekend days in a 4 week schedule (Example: could be 2 in a row, then off 2 in a row)
Day Shift Weekend is Sat/Sun; Nights is Fri/Sat"
- Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
- Tele: Pt's on tele monitored remotely by 5W monitor station/techs (6E shares tele monitors with 5E. The 2 units combined will have no more than 14 patients on tele) The charge nurse from the monitored floor (5W) interprets the rhythms. Then the staff RN puts the strip in the patient's chart. RNs on this unit are not required to interpret strips but they expect them to have basic arrhythmia skills.
No - ICU & ER can assist w/ hard IV sticks No
- IV Team: No - ICU & ER can assist w/ hard IV sticks
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
- Types of patients: General Med/Surg patients, pneumonia, diabetes, COPD, infections, cellulitis, MRSA, isolation, coli, TURPS, laps, etc...No cardiac drips. Only PO cardiac meds. Assignments are based on acuity levels. No primary cardiac dx on this unit
Floating MedSurg nurses only take MedSurg patients. If floated to MedSurg/Tele they would only be assigned MedSurg patients. They would verify that they were oriented to a unit before floating to that unit.
Source : First Connect