Experience
- Minimum 2 years Med/Surg experience required
- Previous travel experience accepted
- Experience with patient ratios of 1:5-6 required
License & Certification Required
Skills Required
- Med/Surg skills
- Telemetry-remote monitoring
- Use of Rapid Response Team
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- IV insulin protocols
- Colostomy care
- Feeding tube care & management
- Pre/Post Hemodialysis management
- Blood product administration
- Central line blood draw
- Peripheral line care/management
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line management
- Starting IVs
- Heparin administration
- PCA management
- Chest tube management (Emerson/Pleuravac)
- CPAP/BiPAP management
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) use
- Nasal Cannula application
- Non-invasive airway management
- Oral suctioning
- Oxygen administration including face masks and portable tanks
- Isolation precautions
- Wound care/Wound vac management
Desired Skills
- Telemetry skills (on unit monitoring)
- Management of dysrhythmias
- Accessing ports
- Insulin administration
- CVA management
- Surgical drain management
- Interpretation of ABGs
- Tracheostomy management
- EPIC charting system experience
