Cardiac PCU Registered Nurse
Burlington, NC
HonorVet Technologies
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Shift: Days (7:00 AM – 7:30 PM)
Schedule: 3×12-hour shifts
Weekends: Rotating weekends
Holidays: As needed

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of recent Cardiac PCU experience
• Must be comfortable with 1:5 patient ratios
• First-time travelers accepted
• Previous Charge RN experience preferred
• Experience with Rapid Response Teams preferred
• Epic EMR experience required

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS (Preferred)

Patient Ratios

• 1:4 for patients requiring drips or BiPAP
• 1:5 for most other patients

Unit Support

• Nurse Assistants available 24/7
• RN Unit Secretary available 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM

Required Skills

• Dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Telemetry monitoring
• Pre- and post-cardiac catheterization care
• Peripheral IV and PICC line management
• Cardiac drips (including titration)
• Vasoactive drips (including titration)
• Procedural sedation administration
• Chest tube management (Emerson/Pleur-evac)
• CPAP/BiPAP management
• Tracheostomy care

Patient Population

Primary focus includes:

• Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Acute Coronary Syndrome (Client)
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Pre- and post-cardiac catheterization patients
• Rule-out myocardial infarction (MI)
• Syncope
• Pacemaker placement

Secondary focus includes:

• COPD
• Pneumonia
• Patients requiring BiPAP

Unit Information

• 30-bed private Cardiac Progressive Care Unit
• Cardiac monitoring provided remotely by the Centralized Cardiac Monitoring Department (CCMD)