Registered Nurse - MS/Tele

PCU Registered Nurse

Position / Specialty: PCU Registered Nurse Shift: 3 X 12's - Nights 18:45 - 07:15. Ratios: 1:5 Years of experience REQ: 2 Years' Experience First-timers accepted: Yes 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. Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, regular floating may be required between departments, units and facilities as needed. Certs REQ: BLS, NIHSS, ACLS preferred. Skills REQ: Work Settings: MS/Tele, Telemetry, Cardiac Telemetry. Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias' Telemetry -on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams. Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management. Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management, Renal failure. IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Starting IVs. MEDICATIONS: Heparin Protocols, Manage Cardiac drips- no titration. Neurological/Psychiatric: CVA, Pre/Post neurosurgery. Plastics: Surgical drains. Respiratory: High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Interpretation of ABGs, Nasal Cannula, Oxygen face masks, Non-invasive airway management. Professional Topics and Skills: Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac. LTAC Experience Required. Skills Preferred: Work Settings: ER Holding, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown. IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Accessing Ports. MEDICATIONS: Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration, PCA. Neurological/Psychiatric: Traumatic Brain injury. Orthopedics: Ortho trauma, Total Joint Replacements. Respiratory: Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, External CPAP/BIPAP, Tracheostomy Management. Is on-call REQ? No Open to accommodating block schedule? No Locals accepted: No, home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility Pending License accepted: No RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks.