Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,971 per week

Company: Summit Medical Center
Location: Hermitage
Posted on: February 5, 2025

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS
• ACLS
  • Job Details
  • Hospital: Summit Medical Center
  • Location: Summit Medical Center, 5655 Frist Boulevard
  • Unit Name: PCU
  • 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
    • Job Requirements
    • Critical thinking skills
    • EKG rhythm interpretation
    • Cardiac drip experience
    • Insulin drip experience
    • Heparin drip experience
    • Peritoneal dialysis experience preferred
    • Peripheral iv skills
      • Schedule Information
      • 3 12 hour shifts a week
      • Every other weekend requirement
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Peritoneal dialysis procedures performed on unit.
        • Thoracentesis, paracentesis, chest tube insertions, dobhoff/NG tube insertions, central line dressing changes.
          • Additional Details
          • Unit does self-scheduling.
          • Schedules are 4 weeks, and contract are required to work every other weekend.
          • Utilize techs to care for the patients and assist in care.
          • Most travelers extend after the first time on PCU.
          • Care like family culture on PCU and great teamwork.

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