Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Charlotte, NC
Voca Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

 Shift: 12hr Night Shift - 36 1900-0700 Description:  RN - PCU About Facility:o 207 licensed bedso No Trauma Designationo Not a Teaching Hospitalo Chest Pain Centero Stroke Centero Radius rule: Traveler s permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit? Unit Information:o Beds: 10 MedSurg and 10 Progressiveo Minimum Years of Experience required: 18 months PCU experience (Resource Team requirement)o Will you accept a first-time traveler: Not preferred but will consider? Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:o Heart Failure, Chest Pain, r/o Stroke, General Medical Sepsis, Renal Failure, Respiratory Failure, DKA, interventional patients with titratable drips? Patient Ratios:o RN: MedSurg 1:5-6; PCU: 1:3-4o CNA: ratio varies ? Required Licensure & Certifications:o BLS, ACLS, NIHSS (Resource Team requirement)? Skills required:o General PCU skillset: Stroke experience, cardiac rhythm interpretation, trach care, PIV starts, chest tube management, NGT placement, drain/tube management (Dobhoff, PEG tubes, Hemovac, JP drains, flexiseals, foley insertion/management, etc), PCA pumpso Medication gtt management to include: Cardiac drips, Heparin, Insulin, blood products, IVF? Support within the Department:o CNA o Receptionist/HUCo Charge nurse may or may not have patientso Phlebotomy peripheral blood drawso IV/VAT Team: 11a-7p, 11p-7ao Resource Nurse as staffing allowso RT, 24/7o Hospitalist, 24/7o Intensivist - ICU provider in house until 11p M-F, till 7p Sat/Sun, VCC coverage and on call Intensivisto Telemetry monitoring/tech? no? Technology/Equipment:o EMR: Epico IV Pump: Alariso Med dispensing: Omnicello Monitors: Phillips? Floating: If yes, where?o All units within scope and belowo Within region and scope of practiceo Will be required to float per region needs will require floating to all facilities listed below, as needed, within scope of practice DECLINE if not agreeable? Region 1 - Cabarrus, University City, Stanly, Lake Norman, Central Division (CMC Main + Mercy + LCH (peds only) -- could float to any of the facilities within region if the need arises.