Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - $2,707 per week in Norfolk, VA

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN Specialty: Pediatric PACU Duration: 13 weeks Shift: AM Hours per Shift: 10 hours Experience: Minimum years of experience required License: Active RN license Certifications: Current flu vaccination required Must-Have: Direct Pediatric PACU experience Description: All clinicians must have a current flu vaccine. Focus areas include airway management, scoring with the Modified Aldrete Score, assessment and vital signs, medication administration, and discharge teaching.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN Specialty: Pediatric PACU Duration: 13 weeks Shift: AM Hours per Shift: 10 hours Experience: Minimum years of experience required License: Active RN license Certifications: Current flu vaccination required Must-Have: Direct Pediatric PACU experience Description: All clinicians must have a current flu vaccine. No exceptions will be made during flu season. Work schedule consists of two 8-hour shifts and two 10-hour shifts per week. Start times fluctuate between 0730 and 0830, Monday through Friday. On-call shifts are required. Thursdays will always start at 0830. Guaranteed 36 hours per week, up to 40 hours per week. Shifts will include a combination of 8-hour, 10-hour, and 12-hour shifts with potential for call on nights, weekends, and holidays. Patient populations include a variety of cases. Short procedures include EGDs, BMTTs, MRIs, T&As, DLBs, etc. Larger cases involve Pectus Excavatum repairs, spinal fusions, cardiac caths, EVDs, breast reductions, and orthopedic cases. Skills required include arterial lines, tracheostomies with home ventilators, precedex drips, chest tubes, drains, and Foley catheters. Focus areas include airway management, scoring with the Modified Aldrete Score, assessment and vital signs, medication administration, and discharge teaching. Phase 1 consists of one-on-one patient monitoring every 15 minutes. Phase 2 includes one-on-one or one RN to four patients in step down monitoring. Communication with anesthesiologists for medication orders, signouts, and assistance for urgent cases is essential. Surgeons manage discharge orders, instructions, wound issues, and radiology orders.