Progressive Care Unit - PCU RN - Travel Nurse

We're looking for Progressive Care

Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Henrico, 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, 1

Year

required before beginning an assignment.