RN PCU

Job Title: RN PCU
City: Columbus
State: OH
Job Type: TravelContract
Discipline: RN
Speciality: PCU
Facility Setting: Short Term Acute Care (STAC)
Accepting Locals per Radius Rule? Yes
Contract Length: 16 weeks
Shifts: Nights
Shift Details:Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)
Weekly Schedule: 36 Hours
Certifications/Licenses:

• ACLS, BLS, NIHSS

Mandatory Experience:

• Med Onc PCU
• ONCOLOGY EXPERIENCE PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED!
• Schedule:*If you accept a 12D/N rotating contract, you may be scheduled for days, nights, or a combination of both, depending on the department’s needs. Shift assignments are reviewed every 4-week scheduling period, but changes are not guaranteed and are based on staffing priorities at that time.
• Required: High acuity PCU patient experience: Heavy focus on infection prevention protocols and patient falls
• Special Equipment:
  • B450 monitors GE telemetry system.
  • Bladder Scanner.
  • Alaris pumps.
  • Stryker beds.
  • Continuous Bladder Irrigation
  • PCA Pumps
• Requirements:
  • Overall 2 years of acute care nursing exp, with atleast 1 year of PCU experience
  • Certifications: Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), ACLS & NIH
  • Ratio: 1:4-5 Med Surg Telemetry
  • Ratio: 1:3 PCU
  • Required to float within units of equivalent or lower level of acuity.
  • Previous travel experience preferred.
• Skills Required:
  • Interpretation of dysrhythmias
  • Use of rapid response teams
  • Feeding tube care and management
  • Accessing Ports
  • Blood Product Administration
  • Central line care/management
  • Peripheral Line Care/Management
  • PICC line management
  • Starting IVs
  • Heparin Protocols
  • Manage Cardia drips- no titration
  • PCA
  • Titrate Cardiac drips
  • Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac
  • External CPAP/BIPAP
  • High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  • Interpretation of ABGs
  • Nasal Cannula
  • Tracheostomy Management
• Skills Preferred:
  • Management of dysrhythmias
  • IV insulin protocols
  • Titration of Insulin drips
  • Phlebotomy
  • Chemotherapy Administration
  • Monitoring Chemotherapy
  • Wound Care/Wound Vac
  • Arterial line management
  • Surgical drains
  • Non-invasive airway management

Get in Touch:
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