Progressive Care Unit - PCU RN - Travel Nurse

Progressive Care Unit - PCU RN - Travel Nurse at Travel Nurse Across America summary:

Travel Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Registered Nurse needed in Hickory, NC to provide close monitoring and complex bedside care for step-down patients not requiring ICU-level care. Responsibilities include cardiac and vital sign monitoring, administering and titrating IV medications, wound care, catheter/IV insertion, and use of specialized monitoring equipment; must respond to adverse events and assist in patient stabilization. Requires 1–2 years recent acute care experience and certifications such as ACLS, BLS, and NIH;

ability to lift/move patients and work in fast-paced environments is necessary.

We're looking for Progressive Care Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Hickory, NC. The right RN should have 1-2 years recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.

As a PCU Travel Nurse, you will care for patients who require close monitoring and frequent assessment, but aren't unstable enough to need ICU care. Progressive Care Unit RNs will utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information, detecting any changes and thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations. Close observation is necessary as many PCU patients receive a significant amount of complex medications, sometimes through an intravenous line that may need to be adjusted or titrated.

The PCU RN is sometimes also called a step-down nurse, and the PCU is also known as cardiac stepdown, medical stepdown, neuro stepdown, surgical stepdown and ER holding.

As a PCU Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks:

• Provide basic bedside care; stabilize critical cardiac patients.
• Change dressings, insert catheters and start IVs.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
• Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.

Keywords:

PCU nurse, progressive care unit RN, travel nurse, step-down nurse, cardiac monitoring, IV medication titration, ACLS BLS certified, acute care RN, patient stabilization, vital sign monitoring