Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,284 per week

Certification Details Required Certifications: BLS & ACLS required. NIHSS, CRRN, PCCN preferred not required. Job Details Specialty: Cardiac PCU 5th Floor Contract Length: 13 weeks Unit: Cardiac PCU (5th Floor) of beds: 24 Ratios: 1:3-4 for PCU level acuity Common diagnoses/Types of patients: TAVR, Post Caths- TR bands and fem stops, Temporary/ transvenous pacemakers, VATS, lobectomies, POD 4-5 CABG,Thoracic- fem pops, etc. Experience or 'Must have' skills: Minimum of 2 years experience in PCU Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Charge nurse duties included Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: CNAs 1:8 ratio. May be pulled for 1:1 sitters. 1:10 at nights. Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: MD availability should be hospitalist not intensivist. Pharmacy Availability will change and the house pharmacist will be available RT in ICU 24/7: RT dedicated to unit RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): All, CPAP, BiPAP Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips?: Yes. Offsite central monitoring. Nurses are required to watch the monitors and measure and interpret their own strips. Unit/Department specific orientation: Can test out of Epic if experienced within the last year. (EPIC experience preferred). 8 hour Epic class in Tacoma in a centralized education department along with an 8 hour onboarding and education day, tours etc and then 1 Shift with a preceptor. Looking for candidate with a flexible, team player mentality. Job Requirements Required Certifications: BLS & ACLS required. NIHSS, CRRN, PCCN preferred not required. Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes Common titratable &/or set rate drips: nitroglycerin, heparin, cardizem, nicardipine, amiodarone, insulin, dopamine, esmolol, labetolol, milrinone, argatroban, aggrostat Schedule Information Shifts & Scheduling: 07-1930 1900-0730. 6 weeks at a time. Self scheduling, balanced then reviewed by the manager. First schedule they would be filling holes. Weekend Requirement: EOW weekend at minimum, Sat, Sun, Mon have high needs. Holiday Requirement: At least 1 major holiday during the holiday season Floating Requirements: Within Skill set, traveler may float to 4th floor but take a PCU load Is there a call or standby requirement?: No Unit Specific Information Unit: Cardiac PCU (5th Floor) Unit Details: of beds 24, Ratios 1:3-4 for PCU level acuity RN Duties: Monitoring cardiac patients, titrating drips, reading strips. Additional Details ACLS, BLS, NIHSS Region III: Primary to St. Michael Medical Center but if needed, travelers will be required to float throughout Region Three: St Anthony Hospital – Gig Harbor, WA; St. Michael Medical Center – Silverdale, WA. Additional $20/hr when floated within Region III that's not the primary facility. Medical Solutions auto deducts the 1.75 WA state tax - you are able re-add that back in.