Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,937 per week at eTeam Inc

eTeam Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/07/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR.

REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year required.
Traveler Experience: Unit WILL ACCEPTS 1st time traveler.
Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
Skills: IV start, Vents, Telemetry and cpap/bipap, Interpretation/management of dysrhythmias.
Certs: ACLS, BLS

PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: NIHSS

JOB DETAILS:
Target Ratios: 1:5-6 (Mixed acuity unit with PCU and MS/Tele patients with ratios of 1:6)
*36 - 48 hrs can be offered. OT will be offered after 48 hrs has been reached.
Unit will accept contracts from 13 weeks+ up to March 15, 2025 (hard stop) to get the Unit through the Holidays!
12 HOUR NIGHTS
***RTO 7 DAYS MAX for Aya Auto Offer***
Float Requirement: required to float to like units.
Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in 6 weeks but staffing needs may require more.

Patient Population: COPD, PNA, Resp distress, Covid-19, FLU, PE’s.
***Patient population currently includes care for COVID-19 patients, including those who have tested positive.***

SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: Our acuity is on the higher end of a med-surg unit, but we do operate with a team lead present in a 3:1 that rounds the whole unit, 2 respiratory therapists that are rounding, and an assistant nurse manager on shift including weekends. We do take ventilators on our unit but they are for chronic trach/vent patients. Our model is that no nurse has more than one vent patient at a time. Our unit is 48 beds in total. Our CNA’s are a 9-10:1. Most of our patient population is going to be COPD exacerbations, pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, and patients with chest tubes, CPAP, BiPAP. Many have comorbidities as well as telemetry monitoring.

**Recognizing the high ratios and acuity, the following resources are available on the unit:
An Admission/Discharge nurse
Assistant Nurse Manager
Vascular Access Team
RRT
Code Team
Behavioral Health Team

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
Chest tubes
Drips:
Dopamine
Cardizem
Heparin
vents, trachs, bipaps/cpaps

UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR

SCHEDULING TYPE: Unit Can Accommodate Block Scheduling

UNIT ORIENTATION: 24 hours

SCRUBS: white or navy blue

*** INTERNAL NOTES ***
Must pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty
***Unit Can Accommodate Block Scheduling***

Shift: Night 4x12-Hour (18:45 - 07:15)

eTeam Inc Job ID #22885157. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse/PCU

About eTeam Inc

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits