Travel Progressive Care Unit RN

TalentBurst, Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in High Point North, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

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

Title: Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Location: High Point North Carolina 27262

Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 12hr Night Shift - 36 Shift Information: 1900-0700 Clinical Interviewing- Yes On Call, Call Back Requirements: None Weekend Rotation: EOW Holiday Requirements: Travelers will work 75% of holidays Floating Requirements: Float within the critical care division or Intermediate Care.
About Facility:​

• 351 licensed beds
• No Trauma Designation
• Teaching Hospital
• Chest Pain Center
• Stroke Center

• Beds: 18
  • Average Daily Census = 18

• Will you accept a first-time traveler: Yes

• General medical patients requiring continuous monitoring of cardiac, respiratory, hemodynamic and neurologic status having a NSTEMI or status post STEMI, cardiac interventional procedure, electrophysiology procedure, thoracic surgery, heart failure, post stroke
• General, Vascular, or immediate thoracic surgical patients requiring continuous cardiac, respiratory or hemodynamic support include pharmacological titration of cardiac anti-arrhythmic drips (Amiodarone, Cardizem, Cardene, Dobutamine, Tridil, etc)
• Post op day 2 post open heart
• Respiratory failure requiring medium or high flow oxygen devices or NIPPV

• RN: 1:3 or 1:4 depending on interventions.

• Cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring, cardiac strip and rhythm interpretation, arterial lines, titration of drips, non-invasive ventilator care (BiPAP/CPAP, we have Respiratory Therapist 24/7), vascular lines, chest tubes or drains, post procedure site care – trans radial bands, femoral venous or arterial sheaths, post EP permanent pacemaker or ICD, post pulmonary artery thrombectomy (Prenumbra, Inari)

• CNA: Yes
• Receptionist/HUC: No
• Charge nurse: Yes
• Phlebotomy: Varies
• IV/VAT Team: No
• Resource Nurse: No (Charge Nurse serves as Resource)
• Rapid Response Team: Yes
• RT 24/7: Yes
• Hospitalist 24/7: Yes
• Telemetry monitoring: The RN is responsible for continuous cardiac monitoring including interpretation of the rhythm

• EMR: EPIC
• IV Pump: Baxter
• Med dispensing: Omnicell
• Monitors: Philips Intellivue; all 18 rooms have an in room monitor
• Unit specific equipment: Arterial lines for invasive blood pressure monitoring interfaces with Philips monitors

• Float within the critical care division or Intermediate Care.