RN Progressive Care (PCU) – Nightshift 48 hrs (972740)

The Progressive Care Unit RN, as a professional practitioner, assumes the responsibility and accountability for delivering patient care to telemetry/progressive care patients. The Progressive Care Unit RN demonstrates the ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner with supervision. This individual employs critical thinking and performance ability in the coordinator of patient care, consistently performs according to nursing standards, and is accountable in managing patient care and assisting others in the management of patient care.  The Progressive Care Unit RN is sometimes also called a step-down nurse, cardiac stepdown, neuro stepdown, surgical stepdown and in some medical centers, the PCU is also known as a transition or intermedia unit. 

Local rate: $61/hr 

Travel Rate: $3,059/wk gross travel pay 

Minimum Requirements:

• 2 yrs experience PCU
• Must have EPIC experience
• Must have vent experience
• Pass an online EKG tele competency assessment before starting the assignment.
• BLS, ACLS required, NIHSS preferred – must be able to read and interpret strips
• IV Start
• Nurses will be fitted for N95 prior to working on the HRRU unit unless PAPR is offered/needed.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a large hospital; level 1 preferred will accept level 2 experience.
• Travel experience preferred
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• Work Experience Preferred:
• Cardiac Telemetry
• MS/Tele
• Neuro Stepdown*
• PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown
• Telemetry
• Respiratory