Description
United Staffing Solutions is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Santa Cruz, California.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/12/2024
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Charting System
Cerner
Unit Notes
- Unit: TCU--Telemetry, cardiac intervention unit and tele overflow
- # beds: 20 tele beds, 16 cardiac intervention beds and 8 overflow tele beds (these are all a stepdown level of care)--all same cost center so will cover all
- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, if going to do Charge Nurse must be Progressive Care Certified Nurse
- Ratios: 1:3 or 1:4 based on acuity
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes run with no patients
- Nurse Aides: Run 1 per every 12 patients; run 3 with full unit
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend (Fri/Sat nights, Sat/Sun for days)
- Holidays: Every other holiday rotating
- Scrub Color: Navy
- Tele: Phillips monitors, must read and interpret strips; do have monitor techs
- Vents: No full vent, do have CPAP, BIPAP and Hi-flow O2
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes 24/7
- IV Team: Yes 08-1600
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 7a-7p, 3p-3a, 7p-7a
- Floating: No full vent, do have CPAP, BIPAP and Hi-flow O2
- Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts on the unit
- Common diagnosis/Types of patients: Post cath patients both clean and interventions; post TEE, Post cardioversion, ablations, AICD, sometimes external temp pacer patients, sometimes transcutaneous pacing, chest tubes, tube feedings, lots of drains, must be very fluent in gtts--will titrate down; gtts seen include amiodarone, cardizem, nitro, pressors, dopamine, insulin, heparin, etc...
- Additional Notes: Stepdown nurses needed not med tele
United Staffing Solutions Job ID #784950. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About United Staffing SolutionsUnited Staffing Solutions, Inc. (USS) is one of the largest privately-owned
business in America, with 4 divisions and staffing in over 4,000 job
categories. USS offers a complete portfolio of personnel solutions to small,
mid-sized and large organizations through the tri-state region.
- Specializes in staffing and recruitment for various industries, including
Travel Healthcare, Education, Light Industrial, IT, Security and
Administrative Roles.
- Comprehensive services for workforce solutions, including temporary,
permanent and contract staffing
- Expertise in diverse talent sourcing and matching skilled candidates with
appropriate roles.
- Strong knowledge of industry regulations and compliance standards.
- Medical benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
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