Travel RN Telemetry
About the unit
Location: HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, 9191 Grant St, Thornton, CO 80229, 2nd Floor, Main Hospital
Unit: Telemetry, 18 beds
Staffing: Day Shift – 1 Charge, 3–4 RNs, 2 PCTs; Night Shift – 1 Charge, 3–4 RNs, 2 PCTs
Patient Ratios: RN 5:1
Equipment: Client wireless telemetry boxes and Welch Allyn vital sign machines
EMR: Meditech
Required skills and experience
- Minimum 1-year current acute care Telemetry RN experience
- BLS & ACLS
Preferred skills
- NIH Certification
- Trauma/ortho experience
- Neuro/stroke experience
Procedures performed on unit
- Neurovascular checks on limbs
- Frequent ambulation/repositioning
- Orthopedic precautions
- Comprehensive pain control
Unit culture
Teamwork-focused unit that welcomes new staff and always offers to help assist. Several staff members have over 10 years of experience on the unit. The team works well together and treats a wide variety of trauma and orthopedic injuries, including blunt force trauma, poly trauma, SCIs, GSWs, stabbings, and standard tele patients such as chest pain, stroke workups, chronic cardiac conditions (CHF, Afib, RVR), and TBIs.
Shift
7:00 am – 7:00 pm, 13 weeks