Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,889 per week

Excite Health Partners is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : ASAP
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type : Travel

About Facility :

How many licensed beds? 337

Trauma Designation? No

Teaching Hospital? No

Chest Pain Center? Yes

Stroke Center? Yes

Free parking

Unit Information : Beds : 36

Average Census : 36

Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years of PCU exp

Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Unit Culture : Family Oriented, Excellent Teamwork

Patient Types / Common Diagnoses :

COPD / Pulmonary Diseases, Heart Failure, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Renal Failure, Sepsis, ETOH / CIWA and IVDA, tracheostomies requiring mechanical ventilation, continuous BIPAP / CPAP, high flow nasal cannula, hypothermia regulation, and titratable IV drips

Patient Ratios : RN :   1 : 3-4

CNA :   1 : 9

Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and / or Insurance :

RN :   BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

Skills required :

RN :   Experience with the above patients, experience with trached / vented patients, temporary / transvenous pacemaker, cardiac gtt experience, cardiac rhythm interpretation, chest tubes, trach care, blood products, wound care / dressing changes, etc.

Technology / Equipment :

EMR : EPIC

IV Pump : Alaris

Med dispensing : Omnicell

Monitors : Phillips

Rover Communication

Virtual Nursing (helps with Admission / Discharge, Virtual Observation of patients, can sign off as RN witness for certain meds)

Floating :

Within region and scope of practice

Will be required to float per region needs – will require floating to all facilities listed below, as needed, within scope of practice –   DECLINE if not agreeable

Region 2 - Pineville, Anson, Union, Union West, Central Division (CMC Main + CMC Mercy + Levine Children’s Hospital)

If floating mid-shift, Traveler will be paid for the time traveling between facilities (will remain on the clock)

Excite Health Partners Job ID #168935. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title : PCU RN

About Excite Health Partners

For more than a decade, Excite Health Partners has matched opportunities with success. Starting as a two-man company, Excite Health Partners has rapidly expanded becoming a leading provider in healthcare recruitment for health systems across the United States. From Allied Health services to Travel Nursing, we address the ever-growing staffing needs within the industry. We take the time to connect healthcare professionals to the right-fit position, turning jobs into careers. Success starts today, let's get to it.

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