Unit Notes
- Unit: VMU - Visual Monitor Unit
- # beds: 14
- Certs: BLS, ACLS; Need MedSurg/Tele RN and Psych experience preferred.
- Ratios: 1:4 ratios
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Charge, has patients
- Nurse Aides: Behavior health techs, Security watches via video.
- Weekend Requirement: Every 3rd weekend
- Holidays: Work in perm staff rotation.
- Scrub Color: Navy, and panic buttons
- Tele: Yes
- Vents: No
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Psych MD on unit.
- IV Team: SWAT RN available
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts. 7-7.
- Floating: ED psych holds, possibly to MedSurg floors.
- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Medical unit with secondary psych diagnosis. Confused patients, dementia, low cognitive ability
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