Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Evansville, IN
Connected Health Care
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Stepdown Cardiac/Neuro – Days – Deaconess Midtown

Local Rule: No local candidates (must be outside a 40-mile radius)
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Start Date: DEC or JAN (bi-weekly orientation)
Guaranteed Hours: 36
Primary Location: Deaconess Midtown
Shift: 12-hour days, 6:30–7:00

Float Requirements:

• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Newburgh, IN (8 miles) or Deaconess Henderson, KY (11 miles)
• 2-hour notice for cross-campus float
• Mid-shift float within the same campus possible; cross-campus mid-shift float unlikely but possible

On-Call: None
Weekend/Holiday Requirements: Three weekends per six-week schedule; every other holiday

Required Certifications (must be attached at submittal):

• Active compact RN license
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• NIHSS

Minimum Experience:

• 2 years of solid Stepdown + 1 travel contract
  OR
• 5 years solid Stepdown experience (if no travel background)

Charting:

• Recent EPIC experience required (checkoff class required)

Patient Population:

• Post-cardiac procedures (cath/stents/interventions, pacers, ICDs, ablations)
• STEMI/NSTEMI care
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Sepsis
• Neuro (CVAs, seizures, possible TBI)
• DKA

Required Skills:

• Telemetry and 12-lead EKG interpretation (travelers must pass tele tests)
• Post heart-cath care (femoral/TR bands)
• Drip initiation/titration (Cardizem, Amiodarone, Cardene, Nitro, Insulin, Heparin)
• NIHSS and strong neuro assessments
• Sepsis management
• Chest tubes
• PIV insertion
• Strong assessment and critical-thinking skills

Unit Details:

• 19 beds total (8 Stepdown, 11 MS/Tele)
• Ratios Days: 1:5–6; Charge Nurses will take patients
• Stepdown RNs may take MS/Tele patients
• Strong leadership: Unit manager has 20+ years with Deaconess and lowest turnover in 2024

Scrubs: Navy blue (no competing health system or agency logos)

Additional Notes:

• Three call-ins may result in termination
• Teaching hospital—may precept students and new hires