RN - PCU - $63.00/hr

RN - PCU • About Facility: o 637 licensed beds o Level 1 Trauma Designation o Teaching Hospital o Chest Pain Center o Stroke Center • Unit Information: o Beds: 10 • Census? 10 o Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years PCU RN experience o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes • Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: o Step Down ICU patients o Common diagnoses: respiratory failure, renal failure, sepsis, GI Bleed, DKA, hypotension, hypertension, stroke, pneumonia, cancer, ARDS, overdoses o Step downs from ICU and ER admissions o Chronic home ventilators with static vent settings • Patient Ratios: o RN: 1:3-4 o CNA: 1-2 per shift • Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance: o NIHSS, BLS, and ACLS certification required o CCRN (critical care nursing certification) preferred but not required o BCR (Basic Cardiac Rythm)- meaning traveler will be required to pass an EKG competency exam as part of Compliance • Skills required: o Trach chare, chest tube management, PIV starts, glucommander, insulin drips, heparin drips, drips to titrate to HR not BP o Monitoring and management of invasive lines i.e. arterial lines, central venous lines, pulse oximetry, intracranial pressure monitoring o Assist/management of a variety of bedside procedures i.e. chest tube placement/management, tracheostomy, peg tube placement • Support within the Department: o CNA? Duties? Yes - assist with VS, Glucose Checks, baths, feeding, ambulating patients, assisting turning patients, hourly rounding, transporting patients as needed (Hospital has designated Transport Team); obtain blood from blood bank o Receptionist/HUC? Unit secretary on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a o Charge nurse - may have patients o Phlebotomy? Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; nurses drawn from CVLs o IV/VAT Team? Not an IV team - do have a PICC team o Resource Nurse? Yes, we have discharge nurses, resource team floats to all units o RT 24/7? yes o Hospitalist 24/7? yes o Intensivist 24/7? yes o Telemetry monitoring/tech? Central Telemetry Unit • Technology/Equipment: o EMR: EPIC o IV Pump: Alaris o Med dispensing: Pyxis o Monitors: Phillips o Unit specific equipment: • VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips • Belmont Rapid Infuser • TABLO • PCA pain management • SCD's (sequential compression devices) • Cooling and heating blankets-devices • Floating: If yes, where? o Within and below scope as needed • Orientation (facility and unit): o 1 day orientation with work on educational modules o 2 days departmental • Scheduling: o Weekend rotation: 5-6 weekend shifts out of 12 (on a 6-week schedule) o On call? If so, what is that schedule? No call o Holiday Expectations: work one shift of each major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or day after + 12/24 or 12/25 + 12/31 or 1/1 o RTO Requests: Manager approval o Shift times: 12-hour shifts 7A-7P or 7P-7A o Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks • Other notes: o Scrub Color: RN- Navy o Parking: Free? Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks o Unit Culture: busy but work as team

Created: 2026-03-05