Job Details
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***MEDSOL PROFILE REIVEW / MANAGER INTERVIEW ***
Mother Baby Boise Hospital Flr 8
# Postpartum beds 32 maternal beds
room for 32 babies/couplet care
# Births per day? Month? Year? about 350-400 per month
Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios? Goal of 3 couplets per nurse or 1:6 ratio,
Mag patients would only be 1:4 ratio
Rare occasion to have 4 couplets with a discharge or could have a set of twins for odd ratios
Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS?) BLS NRP STABLE
Common diagnoses/Types of patients Post Partum, Magnesium drips, some higher risk maternal patients for the area, twins, well babies only (otherwise go to NICU), c-section (no GYN surgical patients beyond tubals etc.), and circumcision, frenectomy patients
Experience or 'Must have' skills Must Have: experience in similar setting if traveler only has 1 year of experience.
Prefer: Magnesium and 2 years of experience
Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes
Common titratable &/or set rate drips Magnesium, Pitocin per Postpartum protocols
Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Charge nurse free of assignment
Are there nurse aids/surgical techs on this unit? CNAs and unit clerk/health unit coordinator. Locked unit
Days have a discharge nurse to assist with education
Also have lactation consultants, use ABM model
Contracted staff to do hearing screens, photography and car seat safety, does newborn screenings, and lab does some newborn metabolic screenings.
OB/Neonatologist in house 24/7? Neonatologist in NICU 24/7- will come for emergencies
Newbornist/ APP during the day- available 24/7
Obstetrics/ hospitalist in house- available for emergencies
Anesthesia in house 24/7? Yes in house 24/7
RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc.) Moms on occasional oxygen, if baby needs more than supplemental oxygen during resuscitation would go to NICU
Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors? Rare to have patient on tele, some moms with cardiac history
Charting System Epic
Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?) 12 hour shifts 7a-730 & 1900-0730, travelers to be placed wherever needed, managers to make the schedule. Placed in gaps in schedule
Weekend Requirements EOW or as needed
Holiday Requirements Yes, expected to work Holidays as needed
Is there a call or standby requirement? No, sometimes potential to pick up
Floating Requirements? Yes we float to the Meridian, Nampa hospitals to take like patient assignments, and have to sit with pts on other floors occasionally.
Scrub Color/Dress code Any color, solid or print, clean and respectable scrubs, closed toed and heeled (no crocks)
Unit/Department specific orientation travelers to first to float Nampa and Meridian as well as first to sit
2-3 shifts of orientation
Pay Rate
$53.01 - $57.89/hour
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