PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - Stepdown

Job Details:

• 12-hour shifts with rotating day and night schedule (2 weeks of days, then 2 weeks of nights) or night shift only, 6:45 AM/PM to 7:15 AM/PM
• Weekend requirement averages every other weekend
• Travel RNs will be added to the holiday rotation along with permanent staff
• No on-call or standby requirement
• Float first policy in effect
• Nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4-6 on a 22-bed unit
• Required certifications: ACLS and BLS
• Scrub color: Navy Blue; artificial nails are not permitted
• Self-scheduling via a scheduling committee; block scheduling open for discussion
• Cancellation policy: 2 shifts per 13-week contract
• Charting system: Allscripts
• Care setting: Acute
• Unit orientation consists of a 12-hour shift with a preceptor
• Common diagnoses include bradycardia, A-fib, SVT, CHF, CAD, NSTEMI, PVD, PE, CVA/TIA, post-operative VATS, post-operative lobectomy, post-operative wedge resection, chest tubes, tracheotomy (no vents), TAVR, and post-op day 1 CABG patients
• Must have experience with epicardial pacing and chest tubes
• RNs required to titrate drips per ordered parameters; common drips include Cardizem, amiodarone, procainamide, dopamine, dobutamine, heparin, and insulin
• Monitor techs handle all telemetry interpretation and documentation; RNs are not required to read their own strips; monitors are Nihon Koden
• No ventilators, continuous BiPap, CPAP, or Airvo on the unit; RT available hospital-wide 24/7
• IV therapy team handles all IV sticks
• Charge nurse takes a full patient assignment; nursing supervisor on-site 24/7
• Nurse aides available at a 1:15 ratio
• Both hospitalist and intensivist in-house