PCU RN
Greenville, North Carolina
ECU Health Medical Center

PCU RN

Overview

• Location: Greenville, North Carolina
• Employment type: LongTerm
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12N
• Shift options: Day, night, rotating day/night, rotating weekends
• Scheduling: Self-scheduling
• Staffing ratio: 1:4 RN-to-patient
• Bed count: 64-bed flex unit (intermediate and general)
• Weekend requirement: 6 weekend shifts per 6 week schedule
• Local radius rule: 80 Mile Local Radius Rule

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• 2 years of RN experience
• Strong cardiac skills including ability to read and interpret EKG strips
• NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) knowledge

Patient Population / Unit Focus

• Cardiac medicine and cardiovascular subspecialties
• NSTEMI
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Cath lab with coronary intervention
• Chest pain
• Pacemakers
• Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD)
• Bedside procedures such as cardioversions and transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE)
• Congestive heart failure
• Myocardial infarction (S/P STEMI, NSTEMI)
• S/P cardiac arrest
• High risk cardiac OB
• Cardiac arrhythmia management (medication and device)
• Coronary artery disease management (pre/post-cardiac cath with/without intervention, pre-cardiac surgery)
• Acute heart failure management (medication and device including left ventricular assist device (LVAD))
• Overflow medicine patients such as diabetes, hypertension, pneumonia, sepsis, and GI bleeds

Additional Details

• Patients may require frequent cardiac assessments and collaborative evaluations to manage intermediate care status
• Continuity of care is facilitated through ICU transition for optimization of clinical outcomes
• Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the nursing assistant and medical team
• Assignments are based on the patient’s needs, the geographical location of the patients, and the resources available
• The charge nurse does not have a patient assignment