Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - COVID19 - $2,230 per week
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA, United States
- AHA BLS - Basic Life Support Certification
- AHA ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certification
- AHA NIHSS Certification
- Additional Qualifications - Preferred:
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification, as per unit requirement
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification, as per unit requirement
Certification Details
- Travel RNs must live more than 50 miles from the job site
- Submission attestation must be provided when presenting Travel RNs
- PROOF of COVID & FLU vaccination must be provided at time candidate is submitted; Declinations are accepted
- LVHN requires a full Hep B series (3 doses) or positive Hep B antibody documentation
- Travelers are required to float to multiple units
- Progressive Care Floating Position. Candidate will float between progressive units and occasionally med/surg
- AUTO OFFER - MUST INCLUDE CLINICAL INTERVIEW AT TIME OF SUBMISSION
- No RTO
- Experience Needed: progressive/step down experience; phlebotomy, IV starts, cardiac rhythm interpretation, etc.
- Provides professional nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, etc.
- Directs and manages the care of designated patients
- Utilizes effective and appropriate communication styles
- Assists in maintaining a safe work environment
- Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served
Job Details
- BLS, ACLS, NIHSS certifications
- Graduate of accredited Nursing program
- 1-2 years Acute Care Experience in Cardiac/PCU
- Telemetry, Post Cath/EP procedures, low level drips, nitro, milrinone, dobutamine, Cardizem
- EPIC experience
- Registered Nurse State of Pennsylvania license
- Successful completion of Registered Nurse orientation
- Knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice
- Ability to organize and prioritize assignments in the delivery of patient care
- Successful completion of additional orientation programs related to specialty
- Attainment and maintenance of unit-specific competencies
- Basic computer skills
Job Requirements
- Guaranteed Hours (24/36/40): 36
Schedule Information
- All patients are monitored on telemetry or portable hardwire
- Cardiothoracic/post cardiac surgery, valve replacements, post mitraclip, lung resections, thorascopic lung reduction
- Patients with chest tubes or Asept for pneumothorax, pleural effusion
- Vascular surgery – carotid endarterectomy, fem-pop, etc, endovascular aortic repair, abdominal aortic repair, venous thrombolysis, post aortogram
- Rapid response patients from med-surg for arrhythmia/rate control (afib with RVR)
- Transfers from medical-surgical ICU (respiratory failure, complex surgeries)
- ED admissions for sepsis requiring low level monitoring
- COPD and CHF exacerbation
- Others who normally go to med-surg after procedures who have subsequent cardiac sequelae requiring low level monitoring (i.e. new onset afib with RVR)
- Infusions: amiodarone, Cardizem, insulin, heparin
Unit Specific Information
- Timesheet Approver: Primary - Contact Removed / Backup - Contacts Removed
- This position patient facing? (Y or N): Y
- Is this a remote position? (Y or N): N
- Clinical or Non-Clinical: Clinical
- EMR for your facility: Epic
- Scrub Colors/Dress Code: Navy
- Float Cost Center info removed
Additional Details