Travel Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Unit

Please keep in mind when listing your start date availability, if you can start the day Monument Health is requesting, you are more likely to be selected for an interview or offer.

Expect someone with a 501 or 605 area code to reach out to interview you for this position.

Required Skills/Experience:

• First-time RN travelers are accepted if they have greater than 2 years' experience.
• PCU RNs must have cardiac and vasoactive drip titration; approval is required to offer without this experience.
• PCU RNs must have cardiac rhythm interpretation, IV starts, blood product administration, CIWA, drain/tube management, indwelling and straight catheter insertion/management, insulin drips for DKA and non-DKA, continuous bladder irrigation, and chest tube maintenance.

Required Credentials:

• Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing.

Special Requests:

• You can only have 1 active application for the same position (same unit & shift at the same facility). Example: if you apply for day shift, you can also apply for night shift on the same unit and facility, but you cannot apply for another day shift position on the same unit & facility.
• Previous permanent staff must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler.
• RTO pending approval: 10.3 - 10.10.
• The contract must be extended if unable to work a full week to accommodate a 13-week contract.
• No RTO during the Sturgis Bike Rally (the first 3 weeks of every August).

Unit Details:

• Patients are adults with a variety of diagnoses, including CHF, ARF, hepatitis, ESLD, DM, DKA, pneumonia, sepsis, GI bleed, syncope, chest pain, pulmonary emboli, respiratory failure, COPD, arrhythmias, seizure disorders, overdose, and delirium tremors.
• The RN-to-patient ratio is 1:5 for Med/Surg patients on days and nights.
• The CNA-to-patient ratio is 1:8 on days and nights.
• Common drips include heparin, insulin, Cardizem, amiodarone, Levophed (up to 5 mcg), and occasionally esmolol or other beta-blockers or antihypertensives; training may be provided if a traveler has not worked with them.
• On the sixth floor's cohorted Med/Surg area, the staffing model may pair an RN with an LPN; both take their own patient loads, with task swapping based on scope.
• There is no IV/VAT team; peripheral phlebotomy is available 24/7, and RNs draw from central lines.
• A Flex RN assists with admissions, discharges, transfers, and task items as staffing allows.
• Respiratory therapy is available 24/7.
• An in-house hospitalist is available 24/7, and most patients are followed by a hospitalist.
• Centralized telemonitoring is available 24/7 for telemetry reading and alarm notifications.
• A paging system and secure chat are used to communicate with providers.
• A violent incident response team is available.
• Equipment includes Alaris and Omnicell.
• Travelers may be expected to precept students.
• Monthly audits of pre/post pain scoring require 90% compliance.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation is every other weekend or 50% of weekends per 4-week schedule; weekends are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
• Travelers are not scheduled for on-call hours but may be placed on call for low census if hours exceed the weekly contracted hours or if the traveler requests low-census on-call status.
• Every other holiday is required at minimum during the contracted timeframe.
• Up to 7 days of RTO is allowed.
• All travelers must attend a pre-shift huddle at 0625 and 1825 in the 7th-floor conference room.

Floating Requirements:

• PCU RNs may float to ICU depending on experience and must be qualified for that assignment.
• Floating may occur to adult inpatient units, including Med/Surg, Ortho/Neuro/Surgical, Heart and Vascular Unit, Oncology, ICU, and Observation.
• Floating may be within the RN's scope of practice and to lower-acuity units.
• Travelers float in rotation with other travelers.

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.

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