Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,610 per week

Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 15 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Schedule & Requirements

• Shift: 12-Hour Nights
• Schedule: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
• Guaranteed Hours: 48 hours/week
• Contract Length: 103 days
• First-Time Travelers: Accepted with 2+ years of experience
• Floating: May float to General PCU, MS/Tele, or ICU (within scope)
• Parking: Free parking
• Distance Requirement: Must live more than 100 miles from any Monument Health facility

Required Experience

• Minimum 1.5 years of general nursing experience
• Minimum 1 year of Progressive Care Unit (PCU) experience
• Experience with:
  • Post-cardiac catheterization recovery
  • CABG/TAVR patients
  • Post-open heart surgery patients
  • Cardiac rhythm interpretation
  • Heparin drips
  • Chest tube management
  • Cardiac and vasoactive drips (Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Levophed, Dopamine)

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• South Dakota RN License (or eligibility)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide care for mixed-acuity PCU, Telemetry, and Med-Surg patients.
• Monitor and manage cardiac patients including MI, NSTEMI, STEMI, CHF, dysrhythmias, and pacemaker-related conditions.
• Care for post-cardiac cath, post-TAVR, post-CABG, and post-vascular procedure patients.
• Administer and monitor titratable cardiac and vasoactive drips.
• Interpret cardiac rhythms and telemetry strips.
• Manage chest tubes and heparin infusions.
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapy, telemetry technicians, and ancillary staff.
• Float to comparable units as needed.
• May be required to precept nursing students.

Quick Offer Process Referral Bonus Available Fast Submission & Interview Process

About Care Career

Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.

With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.

Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits