TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified PCU RN in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 37129!
Job Title: Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit
Profession: RN
Specialty: PCU
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Hours per Shift: 48
Experience: Minimum 1 year
License: RN License
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIH Certification
Must-Have:
- Experience in a Progressive Care Unit setting
- Proficiency with continuous Bipap, low-dose vasopressors, and trauma patients
- Familiarity with lumbar drains and patients experiencing CIWA symptoms
- Knowledge of emergency dialysis procedures and management of hyperkalemia
- Experience with home ventilation systems and sheath removal
- Skilled in managing patients post-CEA, with rhabdomyolysis, and on Precedex
- Capable of overseeing stroke patients with neuro checks every two hours
- Experience caring for stable craniotomy patients and administering fentanyl drips
Description:
The unit has a capacity of 36 beds.
The population served includes patients in stepdown and progressive care.
Patients may require continuous Bipap support.
Care involves low-dose vasopressors and management of trauma patients.
Nurses will care for patients with lumbar drains and CIWA on higher doses of Ativan.
Management of hyponatremia and emergency dialysis patients is necessary.
Familiarity with hyperkalemia and antifreeze ingestions is important.
Care for patients using home vents and tracheostomies is expected.
Nurses will be involved in sheath removal and management of postoperative CEA patients.
Experience with rhabdomyolysis and administering Precedex is required.
Nurses will conduct neuro checks every two hours for stroke patients.
Care will be provided for stable craniotomy patients, including administration of fentanyl drips.
The typical nurse-to-patient ratio is 3:1.
Patients served range from young adults to late adults (ages 18 and older).