Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Parkridge Medical Center

BLS required

Hospital: Parkridge Medical Center, Location: Chattanooga, TN, Address: 2333 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37404, Unit Name: Progressive Care Unit, Building: Main building, Cost Center: 613, General Information, The PCU delivers highly individualized care to medical, cardiac, and surgical complex patients requiring intermediate care such as: Sepsis, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, heart blocks, post cardiac catheterization, AKI, CKD, diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis, CVA, acute and chronic respiratory failure, GI bleed, pneumonia, post-operative day one coronary artery bypass grafting, post-operative day one aortic valve surgery, post thoracic surgery, post neurosurgery, as well as other complex patients.

Requested Skill Set: Cardiac/telemetry experience, and PCU and/or critical care experience, Advanced skills needed: IV insertion, chest tube management, DHT insertion/management, tracheostomy experience, CVC management, EKG, Foley management, early patient mobility, Procedures performed on unit: Foley placement, IV insertion, wound vac management, DKA management, EKGs, DHT/NG placement, patient ambulation, ADLs, Dress Code: Navy scrubs

Scheduling requirements: 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule, Self-scheduling (within reason to allow balanced staffing), May request days off as needed prior to schedule closing, Schedule will be finalized 2 weeks in advance, Can accommodate block scheduling for night shift, Floating policy: Travel RNs float first, We rotate floating, and the oldest float date will float first, Patient Experience requirements: We have a heavy cardiac patient population, and the CV surgery patients come to PCU when they leave our ICU, We perform Q6H head-to-toe assessments and chart each one fully, We do the usual PCU gtts – Dopamine, Dobutrex, Nitro, Heparin, Cardizem, Lidocaine, Milrinone, Amiodarone, Cardene, Labetolol, Insulin, and we also titrate Precedex.

Number of Beds: 29, Patient Ratios: 4:1, Unit staffing description: Dayshift unit secretary and 2-3 PCTs depending on census, Nightshift has 2-3 PCTs depending on census, Type of equipment: Welch Allyn dynamaps, Phillips telemetry, Phillips MP2, Pyxis, Alaris pumps, Hill-Rom beds, iMobile devices, MobiLab, Documentation system: Meditech