Travel Contract

Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

$2,106-2,587/week

Posted 19 hours ago Verified

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A hospital in California is looking for an experienced Cardiac/Stroke Telemetry nurse for a travel contract.
The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience.

Job requirements

Schedule information

Shifts/Hours: 12's; 7a-7:30p/7p-7:30a
Breaks: 1/2 hour break (clock-out); 3 - 15 min breaks per shift (CA Law)
Weekends: Every other weekend or equivalent of 4 weekend days in a 4 week schedule (Example: could be 2 in a row, then off 2 in a row)

Unit specific information

Unit Orientation: 2 - 12 hr shifts on home unit. Nurse will get an additional day of orientation in the ICU in case they would float to ICU and a split shift on one of the MedSurg units.
Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
Tele: Spacelabs Monitoring - 24/7 monitor techs on this unit. Techs pull strips. Nurses interpret own strips & set alarm rates with monitor tech.
Vents: No - have high-flow, bedside CPAP (maintained by RT)
IV Team: No - ICU & ER can assist w/ hard IV sticks
RT 24/7: Yes
Pharmacy 24/7: Yes - also have clinical pharmacists on the unit throughout day & evening
Medications: Cardiac medications, such as Cardizem, Amiodarone, set-rate Dopamine; however they do not titrate any cardiac drips or nitro. A lot of Heparin drips per Heparin protocol, Lasix, No insulin. Occasionally patient may come from the cath lab with Integrilin drip until infusion done.
Very fast paced, high patient turnover, high acuity, high risk patients
Average 600 discharges/month.
Floating: will be floated to units: 1E, 6E, 4E, 4W, 5E, 5W. & could be floated to ICU. If floated to ICU traveler will be given patients with appropriate level of acurity. They will get orientation to the ICU.

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