Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,241 per week

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  • Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Job Summary
Location
Norfolk ,VA 23500
Job Type
Contract
Visa
Any Valid Visa
Salary
PayRate
Qualification
BCA
Experience
2Years - 10Years
Posted
27 Feb 2025
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Job Description
    Certification Details
  • BLS
  • PALS
    Job Details
  • Registered Nurse, Pediatric Stepdown
  • Experience: 2 years
  • Strong Neuro skills
  • Mapping: Peds Stepdown List B
  • # of Beds / Rooms / Bays: 11 to 20
  • Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1:4;1:3
  • Areas of Float Support: May be floated to other "like" general care areas.
  • Age Group of Patient Population Seen/Treated: Infant;Pediatric;Adolescent;Adult
  • Common Diagnosis/Treatment: Seizures, TBI, trauma, muscular dystrophies, encephalitis, neurosurgical (VP shunt, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis), guillain-barre, chronic genetic disorders with a seizure component, overflow med/surg
  • Special Procedures: routing nursing (LP assistance, MRI accompaniment, ivIG infusions etc.)
  • Select All Applicable Airway/Respiratory by indicating types of treatment or care/support provided to patients within the unit: Trach Care;Chest Tube Set-up/Care;Drains;Epidural Pumps;EVD/ICP;Feeding Tubes;PCA Pumps;PICC/Central Lines;Syringe Pumps;Traction/Halo/Pin Care;Wound Vac
  • Our unit does use low-dose Ketamine drips on occasion
  • The nurse must be willing to work a rotating shift, 36 hours per week every other weekend and a holiday.
    Job Requirements
  • Licenses: RN(Compact Accepted)
  • Strong Neuro skills REQUIRED
  • FLU required. No exemptions
    Schedule Information
  • Rotating shift, 36 hours per week every other weekend and a holiday.
    Unit Specific Information
  • Some of the conditions treated in this unit are Hydrocephalus, brain and spinal cord tumors, Intractable epilepsy, Spina Bifida, Craniofacial Disorders, brain and spine trauma, spinal deformity/scoliosis, concussions, ADEM, Ataxia, Brain Abscess, Chiara Malformation, closed head injury, Encephalopathy, Encephalitis, Guillain Barre, Hydrocephalous, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Neurofibromatosis, Macrocephaly, Moyamoya, MS, Pseudo seizures, shunt replacement/revision, sleep disorders, stroke, Tethered Cord, Tuberous Sclerosis, VNS Insertion/Malfunction, convulsions, AIM, Febrile Seizure, Cerebral Palsy, cyclical vomiting, etc.