RN - PCU

207 licensed beds

No Trauma Designation

Not a Teaching Hospital

Chest Pain Center

Stroke Center

Radius rule:
Travelers' permanent address must be at least 50 miles outside of home unit

Beds: 10 Med Surg and 10 Progressive

Minimum Experience

Required:

18 months PCU experience (Resource Team requirement)

First-time travelers:
Not preferred but will be considered

• Heart Failure, Chest Pain, rule out Stroke
• General Medical:
  Sepsis, Renal Failure, Respiratory Failure, DKA
• Interventional patients with titratable drips

• RN:
  Med Surg 1:5-6; PCU 1:3-4
• CNA:
  Ratio varies

BLS, ACLS, NIHSS (Resource Team requirement)

• 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 pumps
• Medication drip management including:
  Cardiac drips, Heparin, Insulin, blood products, IV fluids

• CNA
• Receptionist/HUC
• Charge nurse - may or may not have patients
• Phlebotomy - peripheral blood draws
• IV/VAT Team: 11a-7p, 11p-7a
• Resource Nurse - as staffing allows
• Respiratory Therapist, 24/7
• Hospitalist, 24/7
• Intensivist - ICU provider in house until 11p Monday-Friday, until 7p Saturday/Sunday, VCC coverage and on-call Intensivist
• Telemetry monitoring/tech:
  No

• EMR:
  Epic
• IV Pump:
  Alaris
• Medication dispensing:
  Omnicell
• Monitors:
  Phillips

Floating to all units within scope and below

Floating within region and scope of practice

Required to float per regional needs to all facilities within the region as needed, within scope of practice - Decline if not agreeable

Region 1:
Includes multiple facilities within the region; may float to any as needed

If floating mid-shift, traveler will be paid for travel time between facilities (will remain on the clock)

NEO

2 days departmental orientation

• Weekend rotation: every other weekend
• No on-call required
• Holiday expectations:
  Travelers will work 75% of holidays
• RTO:
  Up to 6 days off can be approved excluding holidays; time off must be added to the end of the contract if contracted hours are not met
• Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks

• Scrub color:
  Navy
• Parking:
  Free
• Unit culture:
  Teamwork