Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,908 per week at Alto Healthcare Staffing summary:
Alto Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN for a 12-week assignment in a Progressive Care Unit in Cartersville, Georgia. The role involves caring for a diverse adult to geriatric patient population with various medical conditions while using specialized procedures and technologies. Candidates must have at least one year of experience and required certifications include BLS and ACLS.
Alto Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Cartersville, Georgia.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 12 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 1 year - Unit accepts first time travelers
PATIENT POPULATION: Adults to Geriatrics, avg daily census 28
RATIO: 1:4/5
UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis, EPIC & SBAR
Diagnoses: CHF, STEMI, NSTEMI, renal, pulmonary, trauma, stroke, TIA. Anything not unstable enough to require ICU but not stable enough for med surg.
Special Procedures: peritoneal dialysis, CPAP, BIPAP, EKG monitoring, stress test, cardiac caths, TR bands. We also handle medication infusions like amiodarone, cardene, carodarone, milrinone, insulin, 3% saline, nitroglycerin, dopamine, dobutamine, lasix, heparin, and TPN.
Required Skills/Certs: BLS, ACLS, Epic
Interpretation of dysrhythmias
Management of dysrhythmias
Telemetry -on the unit monitoring
Telemetry- remote monitoring
Post Cardiac Angiogram
Post MI
Pre/Post Cardiac Cath
IV insulin protocols
Titration of Insulin drips
Feeding tube care and management
Genitourinary/Renal
Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management
Renal failure
Blood Product Administration
Central line care/management
Peripheral Line Care/Management
PICC line management
Starting IVs
Heparin Protocols
Manage Cardiac drips- no titration
Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration
PCA
Procedural Sedation Administration
Titrate Cardiac drips
Titrate Vasoactive drips
CVA
Pre/Post neurosurgery
Traumatic Brain injury
Ortho trauma
Total Joint Replacements
Surgical drains
Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac
External CPAP/BIPAP
High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
Nasal Cannula
Oxygen face masks
Non-invasive airway management
Tracheostomy Management
Isolation Precautions
Wound Care/Wound Vac
SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
RTO: MAX 7 days, Blocked Scheduling Not Guaranteed
Holiday RTO cannot be requested, however No one works all the major holidays unless they request to do so.
WEEKENDS: Weekends are required for unit coverage. Sometimes it is not every other, can be split for coverage.
FLOATING: Float to other departments as needed to cover facility
COMPLIANCE: Full compliance required to start on time, if not compliant in time the push back is 2 weeks due to bi-weekly orientation schedule.
Alto Healthcare Staffing Job ID #2759832. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Alto Healthcare Staffing
Alto Staffing is a professional staffing, placement, and human resource firm that got its start in 2003. Our founder witnessed first-hand how much her colleagues cared for their patients and how little their staffers would care for them. Since then, we’ve dedicated ourselves to building an enterprise solution led by clinicians and experts focused on changing healthcare for the better. For the last 20 years, we’ve helped place thousands of clinicians for clients in assignments all over the country, ensuring each one received the support and solutions they needed to excel in their positions and succeed in their careers.
Your Position Is Our Mission.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus
Keywords:
Travel Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, PCU, Registered Nurse, Healthcare Staffing, Telemetry, BLS, ACLS, Patient Care, Travel Nursing