PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - Stepdown

Job Details:

• Night shift position working 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM
• Rotating weekends and holidays required
• Weekend requirements include 3-4 Saturday/Sunday shifts, 2 Fridays, and 2 Mondays per 4-week scheduling period
• Holiday requirements include one eve and one day holiday per period (Black Friday or Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day)
• Self-scheduling in Kronos with block scheduling allowed
• No on-call or standby requirement
• Unit consists of 32 beds total - 22 stepdown beds and 10 floor beds
• Nurse-to-patient ratios: Stepdown 1:3 and Floor 1:5 or 1:6
• Travelers are first to be pulled off the unit if needed with rotational pull to floor assignment approximately 1 out of every 3 shifts
• Common patient diagnoses include cardiology, heart failure, cardiac surgery, and med-surg/hospitalist cases
• Required to titrate drips including heparin, insulin, nitroglycerin, Cardizem, nicardipine, Lasix, amiodarone, and dobutamine
• RT equipment includes nasal cannula, CPAP, BiPAP, HFNC, and trach to vent with dedicated respiratory therapist on the floor
• Telemetry monitoring via Phillips with tele techs in dedicated tele rooms
• Must have cardiac experience preferred along with stepdown and medsurg/tele experience
• Must have EPIC experience - charting system used is EPIC
• Must be comfortable working with floor patients
• Royal blue scrubs required
• Cancellation policy: 2 shifts per 13-week assignment, 1 shift for assignments less than 13 weeks
• BSN not required
• Required certifications: ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA), NIHSS