Company: CHI Health Good Samaritan
Location: Kearney, NE
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board
Description
- Certification Details
- Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS.
- Job Details
- A large system in Nebraska/Iowa are looking for Night PCU RN's.
- 12 hour shifts, 36 hours guaranteed.
- 2 years of unit experience.
- Looking for someone who is flexible and willing to learn as well as take feedback along the way.
- Successful nurse is a team player, flexible, adaptable, and has good communication skills.
- Different cultural populations are served on this unit- primarily Hispanic and Somalian.
- Job Requirements
- 2 years of unit experience.
- Schedule Information
- 12 hour shifts, 36 hours guaranteed.
- Shifts & Scheduling: 0630-1830, 1830-0630 / Smart Square online scheduling.
- Weekend Requirements: Every third.
- Holiday Requirements: Rotating with perm staff.
- Floating Requirements: Yes to MedSurg or to ICU to take PCU acuity patients.
- Unit Specific Information
- Department: PCU
- Beds: 40 beds with an average daily census of 24.
- Ratios: 1:4-5 both days and nights.
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Adults, Cardiac med/surg, dialysis, cancer diagnosis, vascular, sepsis, adult respiratory, stroke, post stent, post pacer placement, renal failure.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes.
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Heparin, Nitro, Dopamine, Cardizem, Amiodarone, insulin.
- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Yes.
- Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: Yes, 1:12.
- RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, BiPap, High Flow, etc.) Are RNs required to do anything with these besides troubleshooting?: High flow.
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: RNs must read and interpret.
- Scrub Color/Dress code: Navy Blue.
- How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 1 week.
- Additional Details
- WILL NOT APPROVE BLOCKED SCHEDULING OR SAME SCHEDULE/SHIFTS, MUST BE FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO FLOAT AND WORK WHEN NEEDED.
- Overhead lifts in half the rooms, portable lifts, vein finders, bladder scanner.
- Focus on patient experience scores, responsiveness, hospital environment, and communication about medications.
- Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity.
- RTO needed upfront (7 or less days per 13 week contract). Additional RTO will not be approved, including after submissions.
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