Registered Nurse - PCU
REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: Minimum Years of Experience: 2 yrs of Experience Needed Traveler Experience: UNIT WILL ACCEPT 1st time travelers. Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes REQUIRED Skills: this unit functions more like an ICU than PCU, must have highly skilled and knowledgeable experience with arterial lines and titrating vasoactive drips without support, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, Telemetry, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Telemetry - on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams, IV insulin protocols, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Heparin Protocols, CVA, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Tracheostomy Management, Isolation Precautions REQUIRED: ACLS, BCLS, NIH certifications, as well as, experience with IV start, telemetry and conscious sedation. JOB DETAILS: Target Ratios: 3:1 or 4:1 Will accept 13-week contracts. *36 can be offered. 12 HR DAYS RTO: 7 days MAX for Aya Auto Offers Float Requirement: Floating required as needed to sister unit which is an ICCU also. Weekend Requirement: Weekend Requirement: EVERY OTHER WEEKEND. PATIENT DIAGNOSES: ADC:18 with 20 Beds. ICU stepdown. Post rapid response team patients, respiratory distress, unstable hemodynamics, withdrawal, GI bleeds, post-op: GYN, GU, GI, thoracotomies, neuro, ortho surgeries. Pre/post OB with complications (Pitocin). Patient age from adolescent, adult, geriatric. SPECIAL PROCEDURES/UNIT DETAILS: this unit functions more like an ICU than PCU, only one pressor drip per patient, any more and they're transferred to ICU. Cardizem, Nitro, Precedex, Cardene, Levophed, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Neo drips given on unit. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Bedside telemetry monitors with remote backup. Nurses must be able to recognize and treat dysrhythmias. A-lines, BIPAP's, chest tubes, trach's, there are no vents on unit. UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis and Epic SCHEDULING TYPE: NM creates schedule; no block scheduling. SCRUBS: Navy, White or a combination of the two INTERNAL NOTES Hospital Orientation week one; traveler must be available for classes each day Must pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty