Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,102 per week at St Lukes Boise Medical Center
Boise, ID 83708
About the Job
- ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
Certification Details
- Telemetry Boise Hospital Flr 7
- 2 years experience required. Prior travel preferred, but not required.
- Tele 3 & 7 pool their staffing together to cover staffing needs, traveler will be expected to float between 3 & 7, as needed
- # of Beds: 3rd Flr has 20 beds - 7th Flr has 35 beds
- Nurse: Patient Ratios 1:04
- Traveler friendly facility, leadership treats travelers like perm staff, and they have a lot of travelers who extend.
Job Details
- 2 years experience required. Prior travel preferred, but not required.
- Must have post procedural cardiac experience (cath lab, ablations, open heart)
- Prefer PCU and Stepdown experience
- Must be able to read and interpret tele and document it appropriately
Job Requirements
- 7-7; Schedule is typically made out for 6 weeks at a time
- Scheduler works with travelers to create schedule
- Travelers are asked to stay flexible and help fill gaps in permanent scheduling
- Block scheduling is not guaranteed (Max of 5 shifts in a row)
- Scheduler is mindful of trying to group days together for night shift.
- 5-6 weekend shifts in 6 week schedule. Days: Sat/Sun, Nights: Fri/Sat
- May be asked to work Holidays, would not be expected to work every Holiday
Schedule Information
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Cardiac focus; Post-op Procedural, post-op day1 open heart, TAVRs, ablations, post caths, pacemakers, & med tele
- General Tele; post procedural overflow, CHF, sepsis, electrolyte imbalances, post strokes, and more
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Set rate cardiac gtt, amio, cardizem, dopamine, & dobutamine
- Charge nurse on each unit, who doesn't take a patient assignment unless necessary.
- Crisis & Resource nurse available in-house, if needed
- 3rd Flr has 3 CNAs, 7th Flr has 5 CNAs. Typical ratios are 1:8 depending on staffing and census
- RT available on each floor; can take high resp needs including intermittent high flow, bipap, & cpap- RT to manage; RT administers breathing treatments, RNs could be asked to assist if needed
- Remote tele techs- located on 3rd floor; Nurses expected to read and interpret tele, 2x per shift
- Orientation: 2 shifts (1 on 3rd, 1 on 7th)
Unit Specific Information
- Traveler friendly facility, leadership treats travelers like perm staff, and they have a lot of travelers who extend.
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