Travel RN - Progressive Care; PCU

Overview

We’re looking for Progressive Care Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Spruce Pine, NC. The right RN should have 1‑2 years recent acute care experience. As a PCU Travel Nurse, you will care for patients who require close monitoring and frequent assessment, but aren’t unstable enough to need ICU care. Progressive Care Unit RNs utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information, detecting changes and enabling intervention of life‑threatening or emergency situations.

Close observation is necessary as many PCU patients receive a significant amount of complex medications, sometimes through an IV line that may need to be adjusted or titrated. The PCU RN is also called a step‑down nurse and the PCU is known as cardiac stepdown, medical stepdown, neuro stepdown, surgical stepdown and ER holding.

• Change dressings, insert catheters and start IVs.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
• Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.
• Provide basic bedside care; stabilize critical cardiac patients.

• ACLS, BLS, NIH, 1 Year

PCU Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty. RNs should be able to lift up to 20 pounds comfortably and may need to lift patients up to 50 pounds ause of the fast‑paced environment, Progressive Care Unit RNs must possess good skills for coping with stress and be able to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.