Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,912 per week

Certification Details

Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS Floating Requirements: Anywhere- would be asked to take an appropriate acuity patient within their skillset Job Details

Specialty: PCU/Cardiac This is a new unit that they opening to help funnel more high acuity PCU level patients to Experience or 'Must have' skills: PCU/ Stepdown experience OR Tele experience with cardiac gtt experience Prefer: post procedural experience Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Post Surgical with a Cardiac Focus; Post 24 CABG, CB Surgery post CCU, IMCU overflow, High acuity Resp, Post Cath, Post Pacemaker, and some overflow This unit is on the same floor as the Tele and Neuro Tele units, which they will work closely with Additional Notes: This is a newly opening unit (08/2024) with a focus on higher acuity PCU patients Job Requirements

Must Have: PCU/ Stepdown experience OR Tele experience with cardiac gtt experience Are RNs required to titrate drips? Non-tritratable cardiac gtts Patient will not be allowed to have more than 2 cardiac gtts running at once RNs must be able to read and interpret tele strips and document it appropriately Schedule Information

Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?): 7-7, Self scheduling, schedule is not finalized until it has been balanced, travelers asked to stay flexible and fill gaps in permanent staffing Weekend Requirements: 4-6 weekend shifts in a 6 week period Holiday Requirements: May be asked to go in the Holiday Rotation Is there call or a standby requirement? Yes, may be asked to go on standby Unit Specific Information

# Beds: 12-16 Beds Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:4 for days and nights Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Set Rate: Amio, cardizem, dobutamine, dopamine, miltinone, and heparin Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: PCTs- 1 for unit Job Duties: Vitals, Accuchecks, assisting with ADLs, answering call lights, hourly rounding, and more Virtual Care Nurses to assist with cares RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): RT available to assist in managing RT equipment and resp treatments Can take some hospital initiated High Flow, Cpap, Bipap, and/or Airvo/Optiflow Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors? Centralized Tele Monitoring Scrub Color/Dress code: Navy Blue Additional Details

RN must pass the Basic Dysrhythmia (83%) before signing the contract. They will be given three attempts to pass THIS IS A NEWLY ADDED UNIT - SOURCING FOR 10/104 AND 10/21 STARTS Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Charge will oversees Neuro and PCU (Total of 31 beds), Will not take patient assignment unless necessary, but will have a capped ratio This unit is on the same floor as the Tele and Neuro Tele units, which they will work closely with There will be 2 Charge nurses between the 3 units; they utilize a lot of teamwork between the units on this floor to ensure RNs have a resource and feel supported