Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Rapid City, SD
TNAA TotalMed RN
4x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

UNIT: MEDICAL
CLINICAL INTERVIEWS
Certs required:   ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
Experience required: 1 Year of PCU. Comfortability to work with MedSurg assignments. Drip Titration: please ensure nurse is comfortable with the following – Heparin, Insulin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Levophed (up to 5 mcg), occasionally esmolol drips or other Betablockers or other antihypertensives. IMC/stepdown and neuro (can float to ONS); ability to read/interpret cardiac strips, wound care, line management, drain/tube management, drip titration of below medications. EPIC Required.

1st time traveler MUST have more than 1 year & EPIC exp.

Floating: Any Adult Inpatient Unit - Med Surg, Ortho/Neuro/Surgical, Heart and Vascular Unit, Oncology, Observation. Could be floated within scope of practice and below. Will float in rotation with other travelers.

Patient Types:
Mixed unit (Med/Surg to IMC level, as well as Long Length stay patients): ratios dependent on acuity
90% MEDSURG; 10% INTERMEDIATE CARE - traveler will care for all acuity levels 
Common diagnoses include, but are not limited to:
DKA requiring insulin drips, Pre/post-surgical patients, cellulitis, influenza, UTIs, pneumonia, COPD, CHF, renal failure with or without the need for hemodialysis, hepatic failure, gastrointestinal disorders and infections, soft tissue injury and minor fractures, and DVTs. Also, can see CVA overflow. 
We administer a variety of oral, IV, IM, and SQ medications, titratable vasoactive drips, TPN/tube feeding, and blood product transfusions.
We manage peripheral IV, midline, PICC and central line access, chest tubes, nasogastric tubes, drains, and urinary and fecal collection devices.
We provide preventative and restorative skin and wound care.
We also have telemetry monitoring that the nurses read and interpret.