Position: PCU RN
, AK
Shift: Night (3x12 Hours) 19:00 7:30
Duration: 13 weeks, 36 hrs/week
Note:- License pending ok. Must be able to complete AK RN license application within 48 hours of signing (including submitting FPs, app fee, license application submittal).
Must have AK RN license in hand for Auto Offer.
Assignment Length - 13 Weeks
Start
Shift: 3x12 Night Shift
Years of Experience: 1
First Timers Accepted: Yes
Certs REQ: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Skills REQ: Per UD
Is on-call REQ: No
Weekend coverage could be more frequent than every other and is subject to staffing needs.
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs?: Yes- Lower acuity units, renal care, neuro, MS
Open to accommodating block schedule?: No
Locals Accepted: No - Candidates perm address must be at least 50 miles from facility
Pending License Accepted: Yes, but must have license in hand for Auto Offer
RTO Restrictions: Time off approved on an individual basis upon offer. All RTO must be included in submittal
Guaranteed Hours: 60 Hours per 2 weeks - Traveler can be called off for 1, 12-hour shift per 2 weeks
UNIT INFORMATION
Stepdown unit from ICU with a wide variety of patient populations serving multiple disciplines.
Co-Care/Virtual Nursing Model is utilized on this unit. For every patient there is 1 bedside RN, a Virtual RN, and 1 CNA.
Beside RN 1:4
CNA patient ratios are 1:6
The virtual nurse works remotely and assists patient with admission, discharge, rounding, education, plans of care, and safety rounds.
Must has AK RN license in hand for Auto Offer.
30% of patient population are cardiac in nature. CHF, MI, S/p TAVR, MVR patients, Pacemaker patients, Cardiac arrythmia patients, Drug load patients, Angiovac, Client patients, etc.
Respiratory patients including COVID, FLU, COPD and Asthma exacerbations, Trach patients (> 24h since placement), chronic home ventilators. Able to do high flow NC and BIPAP.
Overflow for Neuro patients, Renal patients.
Complicated medical surgical patients requiring higher level of monitoring. (ETOH WD, GIB, etc.)
FACILITY INFORMATION
Type of Facility: Acute Hospital
Magnet/Teaching/Level Trauma: Magnet Facility, Level II Trauma, USNWR Best Hospital in Alaska
Total Staffed Beds: 407
Scrub Color: Provided
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Parking is free
Job Requirements & Qualifications
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Previous Charge Experience:
-
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Years of Experience:
1 year(s)
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Patient Ratio Experience:
1:4
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Charting System:
Required, Epic
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Teaching Hospital Experience:
-
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Community Hospital Experience:
-
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Trauma Level I Experience:
-
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Trauma Level II Experience:
-
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Travel Experience Required:
No
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marked with * are preferred
ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
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marked with * are preferred
Respiratory
BiPAP/CPAP management
Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac
High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
Nasal Cannula
Non-invasive airway management
Oxygen administration
Oxygen tanks
Tracheostomy care/management
IV therapy/Phlebotomy
Blood Product Administration
Central line care/management
Peripheral Line Care/Management
Phlebotomy*
PICC line management
Starting and maintaining IVs
Work Settings
Cardiac Telemetry*
MS/Tele*
Neuro Stepdown*
PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown
Telemetry
Genitourinary/Renal
Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI)*
Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management*
Renal failure
Neurological/Psychiatric
CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Pre/Post neurosurgery*
Seizure disorders
Spinal cord injury*
Substance Withdrawal*
Traumatic Brain injury*
Medications
Epidural analgesia*
Heparin Protocols
Manage Cardiac drips- no titration
Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration
PCA
Titrate Cardiac drips
Titrate Vasoactive drips*
Gastrointestinal
Feeding tube care and management
Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response
Interpretation of dysrhythmias
Management of dysrhythmias
Telemetry - on the unit monitoring
Telemetry - remote monitoring
Use of Rapid Response/Code teams
Professional Topics and Skills
Isolation Precautions/PPE
Wound Care/Wound Vac
Endocrine/Metabolic
IV insulin protocols*
Titration of Insulin drips*
Orthopedics
Ortho trauma*
Peripheral nerve block catheters*
Total joint replacement*
Cardiovascular
Pacemakers/Temporary/Permanent*
Post Cardiac Angiogram*
Post MI*
Pre/Post Cardiac Cath*
Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery*
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)*
Plastics
Surgical drains*
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