Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Rapid City, SD
Premier Medical Staffing Services
4x12 hrs, Nights

General Information
Beds: 44
Minimum experience: 1.5 years general nursing experience
Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, only with 2+ years of experience
Travelers must live 100 miles away from any Monument Health facility
Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler
Patient Types:
This is a mixed acuity unit meaning there will be Intermediate Care acuity as well as Tele and MedSurg please ensure traveler understands
Direct admits, ED admits, Post Cath Lab, etc
MI, NSTEMI STEMI (IABP would go to ICU), CHF, Dysrhythmia management, Pacemaker malfunction, Epicardial pacers
Backup Stroke unit and Medical Overflow
Step down level experience with post cardiac/vascular, post-cardiac cath patients, post open heart surgery, post TAVR, post EP studies, post pacemaker insertion
Patient Ratios:
RN: 1:4 most of the time, can be 1:3 (acuity dependent)
Required Certifications:
BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Required Education:
Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
Skills required:
PCU level RN
Experience with Cardiac procedural recovery (CABG/TAVR/post cardiac cath), MI pharmacology, titratable Cardiac/vasoactive gtts (Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Levo, Dopamine) please request manager approval if traveler does not have this, Heparin gtts, cardiac rhythm interpretation, chest tubes management, TNK administration (preferred)
Support on the Unit:
CNA (Ratio: 1:5-8, depending on shift)
Charge nurse - Unassigned
Phlebotomy Yes, peripheral blood draws
IV/VAT Team No
Resource Nurse Occasionally
Tele tech would oversee cardiac monitoring RN would confirm strips 6a 6p
RT - yes, 24/7
Hospitalist - in facility 24/7, but not dedicated to unit
Charting System/Equipment:
Epic please let CRT know if traveler does not have EPIC experience so they can ask approval
Alaris
Omnicell
Floating: If yes, where?
Primarily to our sister unit, General PCU as needed
Could also be floated to MS/Tele or ICU to care for PCU level patients
Could be floated within scope of practice and below
Orientation:(facility and unit)
2 partial days of education
(3) 12hr shifts on the unit
Scheduling:
Weekend rotation: Every other
Will they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? No call
Holiday Expectations: Every other
Approval of time off? Up to 7 days, must extend if taking a full week off. No time off the first (3) weeks of August annually (Sturgis Bike Rally)
Other notes:
Scrub Color: Navy Blue
Free Parking