Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,843 per week

TNAA TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Newburgh, Indiana.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline : RN
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, days
• Employment Type : Travel

Required Certs to be attached upon submittal : Must have current active compact license. AHA BLS, AHA ACLS and NIHSS.

Minimum Experience REQUIRED : 3 years RN experience, 1 full year of stepdown experience, 1 travel assignment, trauma level II experience.

Charting Experience : Recent EPIC experience required (will be required to do a checkoff class)

Patient Population :  Cardiac (post cath stents / interventions, pacers), CIWA / BH, Sepsis, DKA, CVA, CPAP, feeding tubes, crani POD 2, GI bleeds, hypothermic / bear hugger.

Skillset :

REQUIRED- Tele / 12-lead EKG interpretation (travelers are required to pass a tele test), Initiate / titrate drips (antiarrhythmics, Heparin, Insulin, etc.). Post surgical assessment / care. NIHSS / Neuro assessments / dysphagia screen.

PREFFERED- Stable home vents, PleurX drain / pericardial drains, lumber drains, VP shunts, Narcan drips. Must have strong assessment and critical thinking skills! Hard worker, resilient and manages change well, social candidates.

Float Requirement : First to float within skillset. Deaconess Midtown (IN) campus (8 miles apart) & potential to float to Deaconess Henderson (KY – 11 miles). 2 HR notice given for cross campus float. Mid-shift Potential to float between Deaconess Midtown / Gateway (IN) campus (8 miles apart) & potential to float to Deaconess Henderson (KY – 11 miles). 2 hour notice given. at within same campus. Cross campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible.

Unit Information : 16 beds; Ratio : Days 1 : 3-4; NOCs 1 : 3-4 (1 : 5 for M / S). CN takes 1 : 2 patient assignment.

Unit Strengths : Fantastic CNA support, very helpful charge nurses, great teamwork.

Scrub Colors : Navy blue scrubs

Covid-19 Vaccine Not Required Subject to change

About TNAA TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

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