Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Rapid City, SD
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

• CLINICAL INTERVIEW

• General Information
• Beds: 44

• Minimum experience: 1.5 years general nursing experience - 1 year specific to PCU

• 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)