Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
Shelby, NC
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Details

• Specialty: RN – Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
• Facility Location: 201 E. Grover St, Shelby, NC 28150
• Shift: 12-Hour Night Shift, 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Schedule: 3x12 hours
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week
• Contract: 13 weeks
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Travelers must work 75% of holidays
• Call: Possible low-census call
  • Night shift: May be called back up to 3:00 AM
  • Day shift: May be called back up to 3:00 PM
• Floating: Required within Region 3 and according to scope of practice
• Scrub Color: Navy
• EMR: EPIC

Requirements

• Minimum 18 months of PCU RN experience
• First-time travelers accepted
• Required Certifications:
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • NIHSS
• Required Clinical Skills:
  • Tracheostomy care and management
  • Cardiac drip management
  • Cardiac rhythm interpretation
  • Chest tube management
  • Blood product administration
  • Wound care and dressing changes
  • Central line management

Job Description / Duties / Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients in a 32-bed Progressive Care Unit
• Care for patients with conditions not requiring mechanical ventilation
• Manage patients with the following diagnoses:
  • CHF
  • Dysrhythmias
  • Chest pain and cardiac workups
  • Stroke
  • Abdominal illnesses and infections
  • Respiratory illnesses
  • Diabetes
  • AKI/CKD
  • Alcohol withdrawal
  • IV drug use-related conditions
• Monitor cardiac rhythms and manage cardiac drips
• Provide tracheostomy, chest tube, central line, and wound care
• Administer blood products
• Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare teams
• Float to designated facilities within the region as required

Patient Ratios

• RN: Typically 1:4; may increase to 1:5 depending on patient acuity
• LPN: 1:4
• CNA: Days 1:12; Nights 1:16

Facility Information

• Licensed Beds: 241
• Trauma Level: Level III
• Teaching Hospital: No
• Certified Chest Pain Center
• Stroke Center
• Unit Beds: 32
• Telemetry monitoring available at bedside and nurses' station
• IV Pumps: Alaris
• Medication Dispensing: Omnicell
• Monitors: Philips

Department Support:

• CNA support for ADLs
• Receptionist/HUC available on day shift only
• Charge Nurse and Resource Nurse available to assist with patient care
• Phlebotomy support, except for nurse-drawn labs
• IV/Vascular Access Team
• Respiratory Therapy available 24/7
• Hospitalist available 24/7
• Intensivist available 24/7

Floating Requirements

• Floating required within Region 3 and within scope of practice
• Potential facilities include:
  • Cleveland
  • Kings Mountain
  • Lincoln
  • Central Division (CMC Main, Mercy, and LCH)
• Travelers must be agreeable to floating to all listed facilities as needed.
• If floated mid-shift, travel time between facilities is paid, and the traveler remains on the clock.

Scheduling & Orientation

• Weekend rotation: Every other weekend
• Schedule cycle: Every 6 weeks
• Orientation:
  • New Employee Orientation (NEO)
  • 2 days of departmental orientation
• RTO: Up to 6 days may be approved, excluding holidays
• If contracted hours cannot be met, additional time must be added to the end of the contract.
• Possible low-census call as outlined above.