Progressive Care Unit RN
Tacoma, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit This travel nursing assignment supports a float-pool role across progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and emergency department holding areas. The Registered Nurse will care for patients with medical, surgical, cardiac, neurological, trauma, and respiratory conditions while practicing within the applicable scope of practice.

Job Details

• Schedule: Nights; 12-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m.7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.7:30 a.m.; 36 hours per week. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, with occasional back-to-back weekends. No on-call requirement.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse with at least 1 year of experience.
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
  • Progressive care and telemetry experience.
  • Experience with intravenous medication titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, bilevel positive airway pressure management, ostomy care, general drains, tracheostomy care, chest tubes, and lumbar drains.
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience using EPIC.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous float-pool experience.
  • Experience with transradial compression bands.
  • Experience caring for post-coronary artery bypass grafting, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, femoral-popliteal procedures, pacemakers, ablations, post-catheterization patients, and cardiac observation patients.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Floating may include progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and emergency department holding areas.
  • The emergency department holding area is expected to be the primary work area, with additional assignments in inpatient progressive care.
  • Patient populations may include neuro, trauma, surgical, medical, respiratory compromise, sepsis, renal failure, bleeding disorders, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, orthopedic conditions, and strokes.
  • Typical patient ratios are 1:4 in progressive care and 1:56 in medical-surgical care.
  • Departmental support includes certified nursing assistants, charge Registered Nurses without patient assignments, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, and cardiac and specialty physicians.
  • Orientation includes general orientation, progressive care unit orientation, and additional unit orientation.
  • Medication-safety responsibilities include treating saline flushes as medication, securing medications appropriately, completing required two-nurse verification for medication waste, and documenting pain before and after pain medication administration.
  • Whiteboards, hourly rounding, and bedside reports must be completed and documented.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits