PCU Registered Nurse
Anchorage, Alaska
Providence Alaska Medical Center
$2,192-2,277/weekCrossMed will give you the best chance of placement for this opportunity
Job info
Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse - PCU
Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
Employment Type
- Travel/Contract
Contract Length
- 13 weeks
Start Date
- ASAP
Shift Details
- Night shift, 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each (7:00 PM to 7:30 AM)
- Guaranteed 60 hours per 2 weeks (may be called off for 1 shift per 2 weeks)
- Weekend coverage may be more frequent than every other weekend, based on staffing needs
Unit Information
- Stepdown unit from ICU with diverse patient populations across multiple disciplines
- Patient ratios: 1 RN to 4 patients, 1 CNA to 6 patients
- Utilizes a Co-Care/Virtual Nursing Model: bedside RN, virtual RN, and CNA per patient
- Virtual RN supports admissions, discharges, rounding, education, care plans, and safety rounds remotely
- Floating within scope to lower acuity units, renal care, neuro, and medical-surgical units as needed
Patient Population
- Approximately 30% cardiac patients (CHF, MI, post-TAVR/MVR, pacemakers, arrhythmias, ACS)
- Respiratory patients including COVID, flu, COPD, asthma exacerbations, tracheostomy (>24h), chronic home ventilators
- Skilled in high flow nasal cannula and BIPAP
- Overflow includes neuro and renal patients
- Complex medical-surgical cases requiring higher monitoring (e.g., alcohol withdrawal, GI bleeds)
Required Qualifications
- Valid RN license in Alaska
- Minimum 1 year of PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience within the last year
- Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
- Certifications required:
- BLS issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
- ACLS
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Facility
Providence Alaska Medical Center
6 nurses recommend working with Providence Alaska Medical Center
- Short Term Acute Care
- 401 beds
Anchorage, AK
About
Anchorage is a unique city surrounded by 5,000-foot-high peaks in the south-central part of Alaska along the Cook Inlet, where abundant salmon and whales swim through. It's filled with cultural sites, including many museums and the Alaska Native Heritage Center, which offers stage performances and displays traditional crafts and replicas of dwellings from indigenous groups in the area. Top-notch eateries serving dishes with locally grown produce and fresh seafood abound, while the two roads running in and out of town lead to some of the world's most majestic wilderness areas. Outdoor activities are plentiful, including hiking and fishing within the city’s borders but only minutes from downtown is Chugach State Park, a 9,000-square-mile park with spectacular terrain for hiking, biking, ATV rides, kayaking, rafting and fishing. Nearby at Beluga Point, watch for the famous white whales that look like they sport permanent grins.
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