Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,394 per week Job Listing at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, PA (Job ID 4467073-2024-08-17)

Description

Certification Details
• AHA BLS - Basic Life Support Certification
• AHA ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certification
• AHA NIHSS Certification
• Graduate of accredited Nursing program
• Registered Nurse State of Pennsylvania
• Additional Qualifications - Preferred: NRP Certification, as per unit requirement; PALS Certification, as per unit requirement

Job Details
• Progressive Care Floating Position. Candidate will not be assigned to one unit.
• Experience Needed: progressive/step down experience; phlebotomy, IV starts, cardiac rhythm interpretation, drips (such as amiodarone, Cardizem, heparin, insulin), chest tube management, epidural/PCA management, fall prevention, pressure injury prevention, Telemetry, Post Cath/EP procedures, low level drips, nitro, milrinone, dobutamine.
• Provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies and procedures.
• Directs and manages the care of designated patients.
• Utilizes effective and appropriate communication styles.
• Assists in maintaining a safe work environment and maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Job Requirements
• REQUIRED: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
• 1-2 years Acute Care Experience in Cardiac/ PCU
• Telemetry, Post Cath/EP procedures, low level drips, nitro, milrinone, dobutamine, Cardizem
• EPIC
• Knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.

Schedule Information
• Guaranteed Hours (24/36/40): 36

Unit Specific Information
• All patients are monitored on telemetry or portable hardwire.
• Cardiothoracic/post cardiac surgery, valve replacements, post mitraclip (interventional approach mitral valve repair), lung resections (both open and robotic), thorascopic lung reduction
• Patients with chest tubes or Asept for pneumothorax, pleural effusion
• Vascular surgery - carotid endarterectomy, fem-pop, etc, endovascular aortic repair, abdominal aortic repair, venous thrombolysis, post aortogram
• Rapid response patients from med-surg for arrhythmia/rate control (afib with RVR)
• Transfers from medical-surgical ICU (respiratory failure, complex surgeries)
• ED admissions for sepsis requiring low level monitoring
• COPD and CHF exacerbation
• Other patients who normally go to med-surg after procedures who have subsequent cardiac sequelae requiring low level monitoring (i.e. new onset afib with RVR)
• Infusions: amiodarone, Cardizem, insulin, heparin

Additional Details
• Is this position patient facing? (Y or N): Y
• Is this a remote position? (Y or N): N
• Clinical or Non-Clinical: Clinical
• EMR for your facility: Epic
• Scrub Colors/Dress Code: Navy

Compensation Information:
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