Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Seattle, WA
PHP
3x12 hrs, Nights
$2,603/weekOverview
- Start Date12/09/2024
- Shift Breakdown3x12 hrs
- ShiftNights
- Duration13 weeks
Pay
Description
- BLS, ACLS, NIHSS are required certifications
- Specialty: Neuro PCU RN - CP17
- Unit: PCU- CP17- Neuro PCU
- # Beds: 21
- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:3 PCU 1:4 med surg (split PCU and Med Surg unit)
- Experience or 'Must have' skills: Progressive care trained. Neuro experience preferred. Highly prefer art line and lumbar drain experience. First time traveler okay for day shift. One year of experience.
- Floating Requirements: Yes- Neuro PCU, acute care MS, rare to CCU to care for PCU or med surg level of care. First to float.
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Charge available 24/7. Typically no patients. On occasion can take a full load- although not ideal. Would like someone that can do charge on NIGHTs only.
- Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: PCT 1:10- vitals, drains, foleys, ambulation, ADLs, EKGs, blood sugars. Remove Iv and foleys.
- Could be used to precept new employees or students. Very team oriented. Must be willing to help each other.
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Seizures, strokes, neurosurgeries, renal transplants, lumbar drains, art lines. Continuous EEG set up by EEG tech- instructions on cart once set up.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes- PCU will titrate. Med surg RNs won't take cardiac drips.
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Cardiac Drips: Nicardipine, Dopamine, Metoprolol, amiodarone, diltiazem, phenylephrine. Noncardiac drips: lidocaine, heparin, insulin, 3% Saline, ketamine, Thymoglobulin
- Shifts & Scheduling: 7a and 7p- 12 hour shifts. Will allow block scheduling for nights is the goal, if it is feasible and meets the needs of the units. Self scheduling allowed but not finalized until the scheduler balances it. - Flexibility required. No set schedules.
- Weekend Requirements: 4 weekend shifts per schedule at minimum. May need to flex to more if staffing is tight (the rarely happens). For days shift weekends are Saturday and Sunday. For nights weekends are Friday and Saturday.
- Holiday Requirements: Yes- expectation is to work holidays as needed for fill in holes. Esp on nights.
- RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): Stable Bipap, cpap, trach pts w/o vent
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: No techs on site, all monitored at the FESC in Tacoma. RN is expected to be able to read/interpret a strip. Philips monitors are used
- Unit/Department specific orientation: 1-2 shifts depending on comfort level. Night shift will also need to be trained to renal transplant care, lumbar drains and arterial lines
- BLS, NIHSS; MUST HAVE STRONG NEURO SKILLS!
- Additional $20 hours when floated within Region I that's not the primary facility.
- Will start at St Anne's if its an off week for orientation at VMMC and then they will be moved to VMMC the following week.
Employer
PHP
3 nurses recommend working with PHP
Pros
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Cons
My review isn’t about the recruiter at all. The position for Rochester, NY psychiatry, I don’t recommend this position. It turns into 60 hours of straight pay, they take advantage of their travelers, no weekends off, 5-6 days a week depending on when they want to put you on call. They schedule you 5 days a week to tell you it’s only 4 however your agency will pay you for the 60 hours, which isn’t what anyone signs up for. They don’t tell you that you have to work 60 hours of on call until you get there. You will work 5-6 days a week here.
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