PCU RN
Prescott, AZ
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

RN II - Medical/Surgical/Tele Acute 3rd Floor

• Location: Prescott, Arizona
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Unit Details

• Unit: Telemetry - Cardiac/Medical 3rd Floor, 49 beds, 1:5 RN ratio
• Nurse Aides: Yes, 1:10-15 ratio
• Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Both
• Common Diagnoses/Patient Types: CHF, COVID, respiratory, GI, diabetics, telemetry, post cath, total joint replacement
• Respiratory Equipment: BiPAP, CPAP, breathing treatments
• Drips: Diltiazem/Cardizem at a set rate. RNs are not required to titrate drips.
• Telemetry/Monitor Techs: Yes. RNs are required to interpret strips and sign at least once per shift.

Required Qualifications

• ACLS and BLS certifications
• Current state license
• 2 years of recent med surg/tele experience
• 1 year of PCU experience
• Reading basic tele strips
• Some experience with CVA and TIA
• Total joint replacement experience
• Dysrhythmia exam: must score 80% and pass within two attempts before signing the contract. Failing to score 80% in two attempts results in a 6-month do-not-use restriction at affiliated facilities in the system.
• Radius rule: 50 miles. Candidates may not have been full time, part time, or PRN with any affiliated health system facility within the past year.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the facility's EMR system

Schedule and Assignment Details

• Shifts: 7-7
• Scheduling: Schedules are made 4 weeks out. Self-scheduling is used, but schedules are not final until the manager balances them.
• Weekends: 2 per 4-week schedule
• Holidays: For Christmas, New Year's, and Thanksgiving, work 2 days and an evening, or 2 evenings and a day (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day)
• Call/Standby: No
• Floating: May float to another campus of the facility, and possibly PCU if qualified
• Orientation: 1 shift on the unit (EOW, nights, first to float)
• Scrub Color: Navy blue