Trauma Level: Community Hospital Emergency Department
Prior Travel Experience Required: No
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 2 years
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: one year
Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: two patients per nurse in SCU
Ancillary Assistance: Yes
Nurse Staff per shift: two nurses
Unit clerk/Secretary: Yes
Other Staff per shift: one or two nurses depending on census and patient acuity
Advanced Practice on the unit: no
# Days of Orientation: 2 or 3 days
Specialty Testing for Unit/Facility: Fit testing/flu/Covid vaccines
Patient Care Modality: team and primary nursing
Job Requirements
Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS
Certifications Preferred: PALS
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 2 years
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: one year
Schedule Information
Shift Hours: 7p to 7:30am
Rotation Schedule: no rotation to days
Self-Scheduling: no
Weekend Requirements: every other
Call Requirements: none
Holiday Requirements: every other
Unit Specific Information
Unit Name: Special Care Unit (SCU)
Unit Specialty: Intermediate Care/Critical Care
Total # of Unit Beds/Suites/Deliveries: 4 beds
Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: two patients per nurse in SCU
Documentation System: Epic
Medication System: Epic and Pyxis
Floating Required: No
To what units/facilities: Med-Surg most likely
Describe the rotation: when census on SCU is low; nurse to patient ratio would be higher than in SCU
Charge required: No
Patient Population (Diagnoses): Intermediate/Critical Care patients and Med-Surg overflow patients; respiratory, cardiac, sepsis, Covid, Diabetic patients most common
Age Range: adult/geriatric and occasionally pediatric patients
Special Equipment: IV drips, IV pumps, ventilators, cardiac monitors, blood transfusions
Respiratory available 24/7 for support: No
Anesthesia available 24/7 for support: On call
Who manages ventilators: Respiratory Therapy
Unit Specific Procedures and Protocols: All of the above except discontinuing sheaths