Registered Nurse – PCU Float

Requirements

Years of Experience: 2 year(s)

Charting System: Epic

Travel Experience Required: Yes

Certifications: ACLS, BLS

Shift: Night 4×12-Hour (19:00 – 07:30)

Skills:

IV therapy/Phlebotomy

First time travelers accepted: Yes with 3 years of experience

Preferred certs: NIH

Required skills: IV starts, tele

Preferred skills: PA lines

This unit is a true PCU and need that skill level

Blood Product Administration

Central line care/management

Peripheral Line Care/Management

Phlebotomy

Starting IVs

Respiratory

Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac

Nasal Cannula

Non-invasive airway management

Oxygen face masks

Portable Oxygen tank

Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

Interpretation of dysrhythmias

Management of dysrhythmias

Medications

Manage Cardiac drips- no titration

Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration

Titrate Cardiac drips Titrate Vasoactive drips

Work Settings

PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown

Telemetry

Cardiovascular

Pre/Post Cardiac Cath

Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery

Additional Skills

pulmonary artery lines Large Facility exp