Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,260 per week

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Huntington, West Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 11 / 18 / 2024
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours
• Employment Type : Travel

Cardiac Stepdown RN

3x12 nights

Blocked scheduling is an option!

5 North / Step-down is a 20-bed (all private room) unit. We strive for a 4 : 1 ratio but can have a 5 : 1 ratio, depending on our staffing situation.

We have a mixture of pulmonary (pneumonia, COPD, BiPAP / cpap, etc.), cardiac (a-fib, heart failure, etc.), neuro (stroke), GI (bleed), and surgery patients who are stable with a higher risk of becoming unstable.

Our unit is equipped to house 20 stepdown patients at one time, however, all patients do not have to be step-down in order to be on our unit.

We accept patients who do not require invasive monitoring. There may be a combination of adult med-surg, telemetry, and step-down patients at any given time, based upon bed availability house wide.

Examples of critical drips we can administer to our step-down patients : Amiodarone, Esmolol, Insulin, Lasix, Cardizem, and Nitroglycerin.

BLS and ACLS required

1+ year experience required

Hospital Highlights

Type of Facility : Short Term Acute Care. Major Teaching Hospital; member of the Council of Teaching

Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH). Level II Trauma.

Total Staffed Beds : 330

Scrub Color : Black Scrubs (can also wear a Cabell T-Shirt instead of scrub top) If / When they report to Surgery they must change into Surgery scrubs (provided)

Charting : Cerner

Parking Cost : Free for travelers - parking lot and parking garage available

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #491898. 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 - IMC / PCU / Stepdown

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments.

Our team is committed to providing our nurses and allied professionals with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide.

Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference , Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse or allied professional is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well.

It is an opportunity to challenge yourself, to explore a new place, and try amazing food...

Make a Difference - Nurses and allied professionals make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unnoticed.

We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses and allied professionals in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter.

Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want... and don't want in a travel assignment.