Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Job Description

PRN Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

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

NIGHT and DAYS available

48 hrs

Beds : 64 – spread across 2 floors

Intermediate / Stepdown Level RN : 1 year of nursing experience required

1st time traveler MUST have EPIC experience

This is a mixed acuity unit meaning there will be Intermediate Care acuity as well as Tele and MedSurg – please ensure traveler understands

CVA / TIA with Neuro Vascular Intervention – coiling, clipping, potentially thrombectomy (may go to ICU but if they are stable could come back to ONS) – modified ratios with this patient (CRN / flex RN will help to manage in immediate post-op time frame)

Please note : post neuro-intervention is a preferred experience - education and resources are provided by the unit if they have not had this patient type

Please note : post neuro-intervention is a preferred experience - education and resources are provided by the unit if they have not had this patient type

RN :

PCU : 1 : 4 (even for MedSurg assignments)

RN : BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

RN : Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing;  Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing

Intermediate / Stepdown RN :

Comfortability to take MedSurg assignments – please decline if not

most commonly – Heparin, Insulin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Levophed (up to 5 mcg), occasionally esmolol drips (will train if traveler has not done these) or other Betablockers or other antihypertensives

Pod structure for the unit – 8 patients per pod; staffed with 2 RNs and 1 Nurse Aide

Epic – required

Any Adult Inpatient Unit - Med Surg, Ortho / Neuro / Surgical, Heart and Vascular Unit, Oncology, Observation

2 days of unit / department orientation including policies, protocols, department information, online learnings.  Also, classroom time with our Nursing Professional Development Team.

6-week schedules

Please include in offer if traveler is open to working every weekend (WOW) as this may be a possibility

Blackout dates from August 1-18th (exact dates change each year) due to our Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.  No time off is approved during this time.

Scrub Color : Navy Blue

About PRN Healthcare

Our story starts with a 21-year-old CNA named Pete Hietpas. Pete was diligently working in eastern Wisconsin with a variety of staffing agencies, but something was missing. He loved caring for his patients, but felt that staffing agencies were exchanging compassion for competitiveness. He was determined to change that. As a result, he started Nurses PRN in 1995 to become a model for the healthcare staffing industry – being competitive in the marketplace, yet still maintaining a compassionate heart.

Over the years Nurses PRN grew and evolved as a nationwide healthcare staffing company, and therefore wanted to be more inclusive to all valued healthcare professionals : nurses, allied health, locum tenens, CNAs, and more. This lead to the introduction of PRN Healthcare, which is inclusive of Nurses PRN and all of our other healthcare divisions.

Our mission to create authentic, meaningful relationships with our healthcare professionals helps us set them up for success in their dream assignment, whether that be a travel contract, local contract, or per diem shift. This is all driven by the simple idea that better care for our healthcare workers, leads to better patient care – and this is all supported by a dedicated internal staff.

Our company culture is strongly backed by faith-based values and activities, to remind us that our success provides us the opportunity to serve and give back to our communities. This is the spirit of caregiving. This is PRN Healthcare.

Benefits