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

Certifications Required: ACLS

Unit Name: 3West Cardiac

General Information

Hospital Specifics-

Must have: ACLS/BLS

Advanced skills needed: Knowledge of Heparin, Cardizem, Dobutamine, Dopamine, and Amiodarone drips

Procedures performed on unit: Chest Tube management, wound vac management, EKGs ad lib

Floating policy: other M/S areas: general MS, Ortho, PCU (Progressive Care Unit), M/S surgical w oncology. We rotate unless skill mix is needed.

Patient Experience requirements: Bedside Rounding, Hourly Rounding with 5Ps checked. Reporting to PCTs of known needs at beginning and during shifts, Check glass board for dept focus areas, Scrolling video kiosk available as well as email for update references.

Patient Ratio: 5-6 : 1

Unit staffing description - Unit clerk on days, 2-3 PCTs day & night, Nursing Supervisor, Hospitalists

Type of equipment: Welch Allyn vitals neuron, Novameter glucose, Philips Telemetry and MP2s

Documentation system: Meditech-HCA version

Medications: WOW with med drawers, PyxisES dispensing system

Patient Experience requirements: Bedside Rounding, Hourly Rounding with 5Ps checked. Reporting to PCTs of known needs at beginning and during shifts, Check glass board for dept focus areas, Scrolling video kiosk available as well as email for update references.

Dress Code: RN- Navy and CNA/PCT- ceil blue scrub set and jacket (if desired). May wear white, blue, grey, or black tshirt underneath if desired- no graphics. No artificial or gel nails or gel nail polish

Unit Guidelines/Policies: Documentation of telemetry application, acknowledging rhythm strips and place in chart each shift. NO PASS ZONE for bed alarms, call lights, and IV alarms, etc.

Awards/Recognition: Parkridge Medical Center page has many photos, stories, and videos, Daisy and Bee Awards, iHEAL nominations

Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: We have Charge Nurses with 12, 16-, and 39-year seniority on dayshift and 15+ on nightshift. Shared Governance per units and facility.