Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care - $2,102 per week
Company: St Lukes Boise Medical Center
Location: Boise
Posted on: October 29, 2024
Job Description:
- Certification Details
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
- Experience or 'Must have' skills: Must have experience
traveling and caring for both children and adults.
- Job Details
- A hospital in Idaho is in need of a PACU RN to work a 13 week
contract ASAP. The nurse will be working 9 hour days.
- Job Requirements
- Must have experience traveling and caring for both children and
adults.
- We prefer candidates from large hospitals that have had at
least 2 years in PACU.
- EMR EPIC experience required.
- Floating rarely happens. If they would it would only be in
Treasure Valley-Meridian or Nampa, If a traveler has preop
experience may float them to Preop.
- Schedule Information
- Shifts are 4- nine hour shifts Mon-Fri 10-1930, 11-2030,
12-2130.
- Weeknight/Call Requirements: not required, but may ask for
volunteers if there is a need.
- Weekend/Call Requirements: not required, but may ask for
volunteers if there is a need.
- Holiday/Call Requirements: not required, but may ask for
volunteers if there is a need.
- What is call response time: will discuss if they take a call
shift.
- How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation:
Generally 3 days to learn the three recovery areas: Peds, Adult
Inpatient, Adult outpatient.
- Unit Specific Information
- Unit: Post Operative Care Boise Hospital
- # of beds: 31
- Phase 1 and Phase 2: Phase I and II. 3 total recovery areas-
Children's recovery for both inpatient and outpatient, Main
recovery for Adult inpatients, and Adult outpatient recovery- Phase
I and II recoveries in each area. Can cover all 3 recovery areas in
the same shift.
- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:2 based on ASPAN standards. 25 RNs are
staffed Mon-Fri.
- Common Cases: All surgical specialties. A lot of total joints,
neuro, cardiac, some plastics, cath lab, IR, endoscopy, any patient
that requires general anesthesia will be recovered here. Peds-a lot
of ENT-tonsillectomies, ear tubes, can get complicated children
with big spine surgeries, big general or ortho too. Open hearts are
NOT recovered in PACU.
- ICU patients - do they recover in PACU: Yes- unless staying
intubated is the plan.
- RNs read strips: Yes.
- Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: We staff 8 CNAs
staffed Mon-Fri. Mainly help with transport but do help with
mobility assessments, taking out IVs, bladder trials, can do EKGs
and phlebotomy, room turnover, stretcher cleaning.
- RT Equipment: All RT equipment- patients rarely come out
intubated, if they do RT is called to help support; may have an
airway in place.
- Additional Details
- This facility has a radius rule of 50 miles.
- Date Entered On: 2/13/2024
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