Telemetry – TELE RN – TravelNurse

We’re looking for Telemetry RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Salisbury, NC. The right RN should have 1-2 years’ recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.

As a TELE Travel Nurse, you will provide care by connecting patients to machines that measure heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, as well as blood-oxygen levels and electrocardiogram information. These machines then send data to computer screens for RNs to monitor. Telemetry RNs read and interpret the data to better determine patient care.

As a TELE Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks:

• Provide basic bedside care.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
• Identify irregular telemetry readings and notify appropriate medical team members.
• Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.

TELE Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty. RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds. Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times. RNs must have specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

First time traveler ok- Cardiac Telemetry-N- AO ***Must pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty*** REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years (It is a challenging and very busy unit – must have similar experience with ratios/acuity). Traveler Experience: Yes, willing to accept first time travelers Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes Skills: IV Start and Telemetry, pre and post procedure patients cardiac pts., cardiac drips, PCI Certs: ACLS, BCLS and NIH. JOB DETAILS: Target Ratios: 1:5-6. Could fluctuate based on unit needs but travelers must be comfortable taking 6 patients. surge. Float Requirement: YES Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend, 2 Mondays and 2 Fridays in a 6 week period is required. PATIENT DIAGNOSES: We are the primary cardiac and stroke unit. Stable pre/post care for pacemaker implantation, implanted carioverter/defibrillators, and cardiac catheterization, TR bands. Post uncomplicated interventional peripheral vascular procedure/cardiac interventions without sheaths(s). Non-rebreather mask with stable O2 saturation (must be on pule ox, Unstable angina, low risk chest pain evaluation, CHF, Dysrhythmias, All NEW CVA, TIA patients. Run multiple drips: Cardiazem, Dopamine, Amiodarone, etc. SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: Can titrate cardizem drips Should be used to a fast passed unit. We typically turnover 78 to 90 patients a week. That means a nurse with a 6 patient assignment can end up turning over their complete assignment and starting over. We do have the addition of a team lead to assist with admissions and discharges.**Unit currently houses COVID positive patients with the use of opti-flow and BIPAP.** **The high side (23) bed side of CTU is a covid unit that takes patients on opti-flow and acute Bipaps during a covid surge. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Telemetry and pulse ox High Flow O2 (STABLE), Non-Rebreather Mask (Only if Palliative), Bipap can be used, only if it is chronic use, NO NEW BIPAP Blanketrol NO: UNSTABLE O2 W/ BIPAP, NON REBREATHER , Respiratory Rate > than 35, O2 Sat than 60mEq/Liter, NO NEW BIPAP UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication):Pyxis, Dimensions (EPIC), SBAR SCHEDULING TYPE: Self Scheduling per above guidelines and with oversight from leadership to balance as needed. UNIT ORIENTATION: 36 hours. Travelers must be available everyday week one for hospital orientation SCRUBS: Navy blue or white or a mixture of the two. Jackets are to be same material and color as uniforms. INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY: Please provide your candidate’s interview availability for the next 72 hours while submitting. Manager will not offer without speaking to the candidate first. **Should be used to a fast passed unit. We typically turnover 78 to 90 patients a week. That means a nurse with a 6 patient assignment can end up turning over their complete assignment and starting over. We do have the addition of a team lead to assist with admissions and discharges.