Experience
- Minimum 2 years Med Surg Tele experience required
- Previous travel experience accepted
- Ability to manage a patient ratio of 1:6
- Experience working with adult and geriatric patient populations
License & Certification Required
Skills Required
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- Management of dysrhythmias
- Telemetry - remote monitoring
- Use of Rapid Response/Code teams
- Bowel obstruction management
- Colostomy/ileostomy care and management
- Feeding tube care and management
- Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management
- Blood Product Administration
- Central line blood draw
- Peripheral Line Care/Management
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line management
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Chest tubes management (Emerson/PleurEvac)
- BiPAP/CPAP management and maintenance
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) management
- Nasal Cannula management
- Non-invasive airway management
- Oral suctioning
- Oxygen administration and handling of oxygen tanks
- Isolation Precautions/PPE
- Wound Care/Wound Vac management
Desired Skills
- Charge experience preferred
- ACLS
- Telemetry - on the unit monitoring
- Experience with Post Angiogram care
- Experience with Post cardiac surgery care
- Experience with Post MI care
- IV insulin protocols
- Bariatric surgery experience
- Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI)
- CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) management
- Substance Withdrawal management
- Surgical drains management
- Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
- Pre/Post Thoracic Surgery experience
- Tracheostomy care and management
- Electronic Documentation experience
- Community Hospital Experience
