Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,903 per week

Company: Summit Medical Center
Location: Hermitage
Posted on: February 4, 2025

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS
• ACLS
  • Job Details
  • Hospital: Summit Medical Center
  • Address: 5655 Frist Boulevard
  • Unit Name: PCU
  • Building: Cost Center: 630/633
  • Number of Beds: 630 has 34 beds/ 633 has 25
  • Patient Ratios: 1:4 to 1:5 on days, 1:5 to 1:6 on nights
  • Unit staffing description: 3 techs when full on 630 and 2 techs when full on 633
  • Type of equipment: bipaps, high flow o2, vapotherm, alaris pumps, cardiac drips, heparin drips, insulin drips, peritoneal dialysis, wound vacs in conjunction with wound care
  • Documentation system: Meditech
  • Scheduling requirements: every other weekend requirement for contract, 3 12 hour shifts a week
  • Floating policy: may have to float in between PCU units or float to med-surg floors
  • Patient Experience requirements: hourly rounding on days, every 2 hour rounding on nights, AIDET and keeping up with communication boards on 7th floor. Dept 633 has tv communication boards.
    • Job Requirements
    • Must have: Critical thinking skills, EKG rhythm interpretation, cardiac drip, insulin drip and heparin drip experience
    • Peritoneal dialysis experience preferred and peripheral iv skills
    • Advanced skills needed: ACLS
    • Experience with bipaps, high flow 02 and multiple oxygen delivery systems
    • Experience with stroke and post cardiac cath care
    • Experience with tube feedings and NG/dobhoff tubes
    • Procedures performed on unit: Peritoneal dialysis, thoracentesis, paracentesis, chest tube insertions, dobhoff/NG tube insertions, central line dressing changes, trouble shooting wound vacs
      • Schedule Information
      • Contract requires working every other weekend
      • 3 12 hour shifts a week
      • Schedules are 4 weeks
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Unit Guidelines/Policies: Please attach unit specific policies and guidelines.
          • Additional Details
          • Unit does self scheduling
          • Most travelers extend after the first time on PCU
          • Care like family culture on PCU and great teamwork

Keywords: Summit Medical Center, Smyrna , Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,903 per week, Healthcare , Hermitage, Tennessee