PCU Registered Nurse
Nashville, TN
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Unit Specifics:
• Number of Beds : 630 has 34 beds/ 633 has 25
• Patient Ratios : 1:4 to 1:5 on days, 1:5 to 1:6 on nights
• Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : 3 techs when full on 630 and 2 techs when full on 633
• Type of equipment : bipaps, high flow o2, vapotherm, alaris pumps, cardiac drips, heparin drips, insulin drips, peritoneal dialysis. Wound vacs in conjunction with wound care
• Documentation system: Meditech
• Scheduling requirements: every other weekend requirement for contract, 3 12 hour shifts a week
• Floating policy: may have to float in between PCU units or float to med-surg floors
• Patient Experience requirements: hourly rounding on days, every 2 hour rounding on nights, AIDET and keeping up with communication boards on 7th floor. Dept 633 has tv communication boards.
Hospital Specifics-
• Certifications: BLS, ACLS

Must have : Critical thinking skills, EKG rhythm interpretation, cardiac drip, insulin drip and heparin drip experience. Peritoneal dialysis experience preferred and peripheral iv skills.

Advanced skills needed: ACLS. Experience with bipaps, high flow 02 and multiple oxygen delivery systems. Experience with stroke and post cardiac cath care. Peritoneal dialysis experience preferred. Experience with tube feedings and NG/dobhoff tubes.

Procedures performed on unit: Peritoneal dialysis, thoracentesis, paracentesis, chest tube insertions, dobhoff/NG tube insertions, central line dressing changes. Trouble shooting wound vacs