Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,278 per week

Company: St Lukes Boise Medical Center
Location: Boise
Posted on: November 15, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
  • Job 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 Requirements
    • 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
      • Schedule Information
      • 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
        • Unit Specific 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)
          • Additional Details
          • Traveler friendly facility, leadership treats travelers like perm staff, and they have a lot of travelers who extend.

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