Progressive Care Unit - PCU RN - Travel Nurse

We're looking for Progressive Care

Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Lynchburg, VA.

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.

PCU Travel Nurses should be able to stand and

walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop

without difficulty. RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds.

Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50

pounds at times. Because of the fast-paced environment, Progressive

Care Unit RNs must possess good skills for coping with stress and

be able to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.

Requirements

• : ACLS, BLS, 2

Years

be required before beginning an assignment.