Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Roseburg, Oregon
Mercy Medical Center

Are there tele/monitor techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? RN not required to read tele, on-site monitor tech

Facility: CHI Mercy Health Mercy Medical Center

Contract length: 13 weeks

Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:5 on Days, 1:6 on Nights

Unit/Department specific orientation: 2 12-hour shifts on the unit of orientation

Have a lot of new grads and travelers, welcoming team and family feel on unit, option to go perm if a good fit

*Oregon License Required*

Experience or 'Must have' skills: None okay with first-time travelers

Are RNs required to titrate drips?: No

2-week rotation core schedule

Manager makes schedule but will consider block scheduling

Weekend Requirement: Every other: Days- Sat, Sunday, and Nights- Fri, Sat

Holiday Requirement: Every other: Days are Day of, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, etc. Nights are Eves, Day before Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, NYE etc.

# of Beds: 53

Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Heparin per protocol, antibiotics

Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? 1 charge nurse on each shift, with no assignment

Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties? Yes, 1:9 on Days and 1:11 on Nights, blood sugars, VS, etc

RT Equipment: Cpap, occasional Bipap

Common diagnoses/Types of patients include Pneumonia, CHF, COPD, Sepsis, COVID, stroke, overflow general surgical, oncology-some implanted radiation