RN - Cardiac Telemetry

Wausau, WI

Location: Wausau, WI

General job duties. Types of procedures required.
Patient care for telemetry unit. Assessments, medication administration, basic EKG interpretation, dressing changes, etc. Primary patient population is medical cardiology, heart & lung surgery, and vascular surgery.

40 beds, Telemetry. Care for: Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, General Cardiology. Providing nursing care for step-down critical care patients.

Equipment utilized in the unit/dept. (Is there computerized charting, medication systems, etc.)
Electronic charting, pyxis, epidurals, PCA’s, bar code scanning for meds, temporary pacers with epicardial wires, chest tubes, wound vac’s, IV Alaris pumps

Required skills and minimum years of experience.
2 years telemetry experience

Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required. (ARRT, CRT, BLS, ACLS, etc)
BLS, ACLS

Shift or schedule requirements. (Will the employee ever work alone? Is call required? If so, how often? Are weekends required?)
No call required, every other weekend, varied shifts

Floating to over units/departments. (If so, to which units/departments?)
Critical care cluster - MSICU, MSIMC, CICU
could on occasion be to the med-surg areas (MAP, OCU, PCU, or PSCU)

Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept.
40

Nurse to patient ratio of this unit. (nursing only)
Days 3-4, PM's- 4, Nights- 5

Dress Code:
Scrubs

Tell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.
Contract staff typically get (1) 12 hour day orientation in the department, learning lab, mini-hospital orientation, and EPIC training.

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