o 109 Licensed Beds
o No Trauma Designation
o Not a Teaching Hospital - no residents / students
o Advanced Primary Stroke Center
o Radius rule : Traveler's permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit
o Beds : 35
o Minimum Experience required : 18 months Med / Tele RN exp (Resource Team requirement)
o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Not preferred, will consider
o General Med / Surg patients - Stroke, CHF, COPD, Respiratory Illnesses, Diabetes, Post-Surgical, Behavioral Health, etc.
o RN : 1 : 5-6, acuity dependent - (surge staffing could increase ratios up to 1 : 7-8)
o BLS, ACLS, NIHSS (Resource Team requirement)
o Post-op care, Orthopedic experience, TPN, PPN
o General Med / Tele skillset : Stroke experience / NIH assessments, Chest tube management, PIV starts, trach care, Cardiac rhythm interpretation, NGT placement, drain / tube management (Dobhoff, PEG tubes, Hemovac, JP drains, flexiseals, foley insertion / management, etc), PCA pumps, wound care
o Medication gtt management to include : Cardiac drips (Diltiazem), Heparin, blood products, IVF
o CNA? Duties? Yes - all duties within scope
o Receptionist / HUC? Only on dayshift
o Charge nurse - may or may not be in staffing
o Phlebotomy
o IV / VAT Team, only on dayshift
o Resource Nurse - as staffing allows
o RT, 24 / 7
o Hospitalist, 24 / 7
o Intensivist, 24 / 7
o Telemetry monitoring / tech - available for this unit but RN will have to read own Tele strips when floated to other units
o EMR : EPIC
o IV Pump : Alaris
o Med dispensing : Omnicell
o Monitors : Phillips
o Unit specific equipment : Masimo
o Within Stanly - Med / Tele, ICU, PCU (if open), ED
o Within region and scope of practice
o Will be required to float per region needs - will require floating to all facilities listed below, as needed, within scope of practice - DECLINE if not agreeable
o NEO
o 2 days departmental (we complete 3 days orientation at Stanly)
o Weekend rotation : every other
o No call for Travelers
o Holiday Expectations : Travelers will work 75% of holidays
o RTO : Can approve up to 6 days off, excluding holidays - must add time to the end of the contract if unable to meet contracted hours
o Schedule cycle : every 4 weeks
o Scrub Color : Navy
o Parking : Free
o Unit Culture : Teamwork
Rn • Albemarle, NC, United States