Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Grand Island, Nebraska
CHI Health Saint Francis

Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS.

Every other weekend required.

Holiday requirements as needed to meet unit needs.

Floating to MedSurg, Inpatient Rehab, or Skilled Care may be required.

Unit schedulers will make traveler's schedules.

Common titratable & set rate drips include: Heparin, Amiodarone, Cardizem, Nitroglycerin, IV antibiotics, Insulin; maintenance doses of IV meds (non-titratable).

Nurse aids/patient care tech ratios and duties.

Block scheduling and self-scheduling policies.

Nurse to Patient Ratios: 1:4-5

Types of patients include: young adults through geriatrics, sepsis, STEMI, CHF, chest pain, COVID, stroke, renal failure, COPD, DKA, and patients with complex medical issues including multisystem failure.

RN's are required to titrate drips.

Charge Nurse present on each shift; may take assignments.

CNA ratios: 1:10 - fluctuates based on unit census.

RT equipment includes BiPAP, Airvo.

RNs must read and interpret tele monitors.

Scrubs: RN - Navy Blue

Orientation: First week classroom then 2-12 hour shifts on the floor.

Attributes for a successful nurse: strong sense of teamwork, friendly, positive can-do attitude, engagement in positive patient experience with commitment to bedside report and hourly rounding.