Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,619 per week at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
About the Job
- ACLS, BLS through AHA or American Red Cross Only
- Dysrhythmia/EKG Competency Exam
- Required for various positions and specialities
Certification Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- An Admission/Discharge nurse
- Assistant Nurse Manager
- Vascular Access Team
- RRT
- Code Team
- Behavioral Health Team
- Unit Systems: Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
- Scheduling Type: Unit Can Accommodate Block Scheduling
- Unit Orientation: 24 hours
- Scrubs: white or navy blue
Job Details
- 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
- NIHSS preferred
- Must pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty
- Special Equipment: Chest tubes, Drips (Dopamine, Cardizem, Heparin, vents, trachs, bipaps/cpaps)
Job Requirements
- *36 - 48 hrs can be offered. OT will be offered after 48 hrs has been reached.
- 12 HOUR NIGHTS
- Scheduling Type: Unit Can Accommodate Block Scheduling
Schedule Information
- Target Ratios: 1:5-6 (Mixed acuity unit with PCU and MS/Tele patients with ratios of 1:6)
- 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.
Unit Specific Information
