Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,709 per week Job Listing at United Staffing Solutions in Santa Cruz, CA (Job ID 6305502-2024-10-28)

Description

United Staffing Solutions is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Santa Cruz, California.

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/12/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Charting System
Cerner
Unit Notes
- Unit: TCU--Telemetry, cardiac intervention unit and tele overflow
- # beds: 20 tele beds, 16 cardiac intervention beds and 8 overflow tele beds (these are all a stepdown level of care)--all same cost center so will cover all
- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, if going to do Charge Nurse must be Progressive Care Certified Nurse
- Ratios: 1:3 or 1:4 based on acuity
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes run with no patients
- Nurse Aides: Run 1 per every 12 patients; run 3 with full unit
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend (Fri/Sat nights, Sat/Sun for days)
- Holidays: Every other holiday rotating
- Scrub Color: Navy
- Tele: Phillips monitors, must read and interpret strips; do have monitor techs
- Vents: No full vent, do have CPAP, BIPAP and Hi-flow O2
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes 24/7
- IV Team: Yes 08-1600
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 7a-7p, 3p-3a, 7p-7a
- Floating: No full vent, do have CPAP, BIPAP and Hi-flow O2
- Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts on the unit
- Common diagnosis/Types of patients: Post cath patients both clean and interventions; post TEE, Post cardioversion, ablations, AICD, sometimes external temp pacer patients, sometimes transcutaneous pacing, chest tubes, tube feedings, lots of drains, must be very fluent in gtts--will titrate down; gtts seen include amiodarone, cardizem, nitro, pressors, dopamine, insulin, heparin, etc...
- Additional Notes: Stepdown nurses needed not med tele

United Staffing Solutions Job ID #784950. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

United Staffing Solutions, Inc. (USS) is one of the largest privately-owned

business in America, with 4 divisions and staffing in over 4,000 job

categories. USS offers a complete portfolio of personnel solutions to small,

mid-sized and large organizations through the tri-state region.

• Specializes in staffing and recruitment for various industries, including

Travel Healthcare, Education, Light Industrial, IT, Security and

Administrative Roles.

• Comprehensive services for workforce solutions, including temporary,

permanent and contract staffing

• Expertise in diverse talent sourcing and matching skilled candidates with

appropriate roles.

• Strong knowledge of industry regulations and compliance standards.

• Medical benefits
• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay