PCU RN
Redding, California
Mercy Medical Center Redding

PCU RN

Overview

• Travel assignment for an experienced PCU RN in Redding, California.
• Contract length: 13 weeks.
• Shift: 12-hour nights, 36 hours per week.
• Schedule includes every other weekend.
• Holiday RTO will be considered, but may not be guaranteed.

Unit Details

• PCU/Step-down critical care stepdown unit.
• 14 beds / 7 rooms.
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:3.
• The unit is a stepdown from the ICU and cares for closer-monitoring ICU patients who do not quite meet tele level of care.
• Common patient types include stepdown patients from ICU, TBI/trauma patients, major surgery, CEA, and sepsis.

Required Qualifications

• Active CA RN license.
• BLS.
• ACLS.
• NIHSS.
• 2+ years of specialty experience.
• Experience in an ICU stepdown or PCU unit.
• Experience with arterial and CVP pressure lines.
• Experience titrating pressors.
• Experience with precedex.
• Experience with trach and stable vented patients.
• Ability to titrate drips.

Preferred

• First-time travelers are accepted.

Float Scope

• First to float.
• May float to Tele or MedSurg.

Additional Notes

• Training is telemetry.
• Training in high-risk medications.
• One aide is present most of the time for all 14 beds.
• Unit orientation is 1 shift.
• Self-scheduling is mostly available.
• The unit is busy with quick turnovers.
• The team emphasizes patient experience, HCAHPS, core measures, self-motivation, teamwork, and being invested in mission and values.