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

36 hours guaranteed.

1 year of unit experience.

Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:4-5.

Every other weekend required.

Holiday requirements: As needed to meet unit needs.

Can float to MedSurg, Inpatient Rehab, or Skilled Care.

Navy Blue scrub color/dress code.

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

Busy patient flow- admitting and discharging within the same 6 hour time frame while also completing shift change.

Strong sense of teamwork, friendly, positive can-do attitude, engagement in positive patient experience with commitment to bedside report and hourly rounding.

Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: CNAs 1:10 ratio- available CNAs fluctuates based on unit census.

Shifts & Scheduling: Unit schedulers will make travelers schedule.

- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Young adults through geriatrics, sepsis, STEMI, CHF, chest pain, COVID, stroke, renal failure, COPD, DKA, patients with complex medical issues including multisystem failure.

- RNs are required to titrate drips.

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

- There is a Charge Nurse on each shift, and the charge nurse may take an assignment.

- Nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit: CNAs have a 1:10 ratio; the availability of CNAs fluctuates based on unit census.

- RT Equipment: BiPAP, Airvo.

- Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit: Yes, RNs must read and interpret.