Registered Nurse - PCU
Location: Wilmington, NC
Duration: 13 Weeks
Description:
Required skills / certs / exp:
Minimum years of experience:
Minimum 2 years of experience on the cardiac floor required.
May screen if 1.5 year of CVICU experience in a large facility
Skills:
Cardiac Telemetry, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, Sheath Removal, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Post MI, Pre/Post Cardiac Cath, Manage Cardiac drips- no titration, Titrate Cardiac drips, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleuravac, External CPAP/BIPAP, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management
Certs:
BLS & ACLS, NIHSS
Preferred skills / certs / exp:
Arterial line management, Wound Care/Wound Vac, and Charge Experience
Job details:
Ratios:
Varies per Acuity.
Ratios are 1:4 for surgical step down, and 1:5-6 for lower acuity
Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster.
Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed
Patient diagnoses:
Atrial Fibrillation, CHF, Client, CAD, Aortic stenosis/regurgitation, Mitral Regurgitation/Stenosis, Endocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, PVD PAD, Vasculitis, Carotid stenosis, Venous stasis, sheath management, sheath removal.
Special procedures / unit details:
CABG, AVR, MVR, TAVR, Mitral Clip, LAAO (Watchman procedure), VATS, Carotid endarterectomy, FEM-POP bypass, Amputations, Other vascular surgeries, Cardiac surgeries, Thoracic surgeries, General thoracic surgery, Post cath, Post DCCV, Post electrophysiology procedures, Pacemaker placements.
Special equipment:
Arterial lines (not required), Doppler, Bladder scanner, EKG, Femoral sheaths, TR band, Fem-stop, Chest tubes, Epicardial Pacing Wires.
Unit systems (medication, documentation, communication):
Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
