Registered Nurse - PCU

Registered Nurse - PCU

Kansas City, MO, 64111, United States

Job Description

Registered Nurse - PCU Ratios: 1:5. *NOTE: On rare occasions, Ratio could flex to 1:6 and travelers will be expected to take the extra patients. **Years of Experience REQ: 1 to 2 years' Telemetry Experience Required** Additional Unit Information: It is a 24 bed Intermediate Unit. It takes intermediate medical patients and surgery overflow such as TURPS, lap chol, lap appy, lap hernia, eye surgery, oral surgery, diabetic teaching, and wound care. It is a fast paced unit that is necessary for throughput both out of the ED and OR. First-timers accepted: (Y/N) No Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments as needed per unit. Weekend REQ: 8 weekend shifts in Saint Luke's 6-week schedule period, combination of F/S/S. Certs REQ: BLS, NIHSS Work Settings: MS/Tele, Telemetry, Cardiac Telemetry, ER Holding, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown. Skills REQ: Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Telemetry -on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams. Endocrine/Metabolic: IV insulin protocols. Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management. Genitourinary/Renal: Continuous Bladder Irrigation IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Accessing Ports, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Starting IVs. MEDICATIONS: Heparin Protocols, PCA. Neurological/Psychiatric: CVA. Respiratory: Nasal Cannula, Oxygen face masks, Portable Oxygen tank. Professional Topics and Skills: Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac. Additional Skills: cbi management. Skills Preferred: Endocrine/Metabolic: Titration of Insulin Drips. Genitourinary/Renal: Renal Failure. Orthopedics: Ortho trauma, Total Joint Replacements. Plastics: Surgical drains. Respiratory: Tracheostomy Management. Additional skills: Eye surgeries. Is on-call REQ? (Y/N) What is the req? No Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, regular floating may be required between departments, units and facilities as needed. Open to accommodating block schedule? (Y/N) No Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule? No, home address must be at least 75 miles from facility Pending License accepted: (Y/N) No RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned Hospital Highlights – 5 Time Magnet Aware Winner, Teaching, Level 1 Trauma Hospital Type of Facility: Tertiary Care Hospital Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma (if applicable): 5 time MAGNET Total Staffed Beds: 456 Scrub Color: Navy Charting: Epic Parking Cost – Free

Job Type: Travel Nurse

Skills: PCU

Compensation: $ 1533/ Weekly

Pay Rate: 0/hr

Weekly Pay: 0

Gross Weekly Pay: 1533

Lodging (Hourly): 27.03

M&IE (Hourly): 15.56

GSA (Hourly): 42.59

Lodging (Weekly): 973

M&IE (Weekly): 560

GSA (Weekly): 1533

Lodging (Daily): 139

M&IE (Daily): 80

GSA (Daily): 219

12 hrs Night Shift | 7:00 PM | 7:00 AM | 36

About Company

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