Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,512 per week

Talent Healthcare Staffing Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/09/2024
• Duration: 12 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Details

• Contract Duration: From 13 weeks up to March 15, 2025, to support our unit through the holidays.
• Work Hours: 36 or 48 hours per week with no overtime billed until after 48 hours.
• Shift: 12-hour night shifts (18:45 - 07:15).
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend.
• Floating Requirement: As needed to the sister unit, ICCU.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown units.
• Experience with arterial lines, titrating vasoactive drips, and telemetry.
• Proficiency in dysrhythmia interpretation and management, Rapid Response Teams, and IV insulin protocols.
• Central and peripheral line care, PICC line management, and heparin protocols expertise.
• Certifications: ACLS, BCLS, and NIH.
• Experience with IV start, telemetry, and conscious sedation.

• ICU stepdown, post-rapid response team patients, respiratory distress, and unstable hemodynamics.
• GI bleeds, post-op surgeries (GYN, GU, GI, thoracotomies, neuro, ortho), and pre/post OB with complications.
• Patient age range: adolescent, adult, geriatric.

• Administering specific drips such as Cardizem, Nitro, Precedex, Cardene, Levophed, Dopamine, and Dobutamine.
• Use of bedside telemetry monitors with remote backup.
• Proficiency in recognizing and treating dysrhythmias, A-lines, BIPAPs, chest tubes, and tracheostomies.

• Hospital Orientation: Available for classes during the first week.
• EKG Testing: Must pass prior to starting this specialty.
• Scrubs: Navy, white, or a combination of the two.

Talent Healthcare Staffing Inc Job ID #23497470. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - PCU

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