Travel Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Previous Employment Requirements: Former employees are eligible for a travel assignment once they have been away from the facility for 6 months or more

Required Skills/Experience IV start and Tele

Required Skills IV Therapy/Phlebotomy Peripheral Line Care/Management Phlebotomy PICC line management Starting and maintaining IVs

Work Settings Cardiac Telemetry MS/Tele PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown Telemetry

Respiratory Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) Nasal Cannula Oxygen tanks

Gastrointestinal Feeding tube care and management

Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Response Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias Telemetry -on the unit monitoring

Professional Topics and Skills Isolation Precautions Wound Care/Wound Vac

Plastics Surgical drains

Preferred Skills/Experience: Cardiac experience

Preferred Skills IV Therapy/Phlebotomy Accessing/Managing Ports* Arterial line management* Blood Product Administration* Central line care/management*

Respiratory External CPAP/BIPAP* Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)* Non-invasive airway management* Oxygen administration* Tracheostomy care/management*

Medications Heparin Protocols* Manage Cardiac drips - no titration* PCA*

Endocrine/Metabolic IV insulin protocols* Titration of Insulin drips*

Cardiovascular Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery* Sheath Removal* TR Band*

Required Credentials: Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program.

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

Types of Patients on Unit: Patient Age Groups: Adults, Geriatrics

Patient Diagnoses: 30 bed Surgical Progressive Care Vascular and Cardiac Surgery patients CABG Valve TAVR Vascular Stents/Grafts AAA Lower extremity bypass TEVAR/EVAR Carotid stents CEA Post lung transplant

Secondary diagnosis: GI bleed Chronic or acute renal failure exacerbation of airway disease diabetes mellitus pneumonia sepsis heart failure

Equipment Used on Unit:

Special Equipment: arterial lines telemetry chest tubes sheaths pca epidural wound vac JP Drain

Unit/Facility Details: Number of Beds: 30

Lower acuity - cardiac

Patients may arrive directly from the OR, post PACU recovery, ED or direct admit from home or clinic

Current employees are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at any Ohio State University hospital location

Special Requests: Block Schedules: No

RTO required with submission, must be built into contract

Shift & Scheduling: Weekdays and some weekends. Rotating holidays.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: Please request an interview for one match from this facility at a time. You will not interview with the hiring manager if the facility chooses to extend an offer to you for this position. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.