70 Arizona Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Jobs
Travel Nurse (RN) - Step Down Unit
$2,341/wk
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If you require an interview with the manager, please make a note of it in your special requests.
Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility.
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.
Required Skills/Experience:
No first-time travelers. Must have one successfully completed assignment.
Floating experience does not count toward experience requirement. Correctional facility experience does not count toward experience requirement.
Travelers must have experience with amiodarone, cardizem, dobutamine, dopamine, heparin, start nitro, and insulin drips.
Travelers need to read their own telemetry strips.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Experience with TAVR and CABG preferred (core staff usually take).
Special Requests:
Travel pairs cannot request the same schedule.
Cannot have an employment gap in the past 4+ months.
Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
Start dates are not flexible.
Unit Details:
This unit has a cardiac focus.
Nurse-to-patient ratios: days 1:4; nights 1:5. Could have some mixed MS and PCU patients. 1:5 for all MS patients.
Common diagnoses/types of patients: CHF, NSTEMI, MI, heart block, pacer, TAVR, CABG day 2, recovers cath patients after sheath is pulled, Watchman, bradycardia, VT, general PCU overflow, respiratory failure, low BPs, low hemoglobin, sepsis, post surgical.
Charge nurse is usually free of assignment and may rarely take a couple patients.
PCAs: 8-12 patients per person, potentially less.
Uses BiPAP, high flow, and stable trachs.
There is a dedicated monitor tech on the unit.
Shift & Scheduling:
Flexible contract hours: 36 hours per week only; can pick up additional shifts.
Charge makes the schedule to balance unit needs and will take traveler requests into consideration.
Weekend requirement: 4 weekend days per month for nights (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).
Holiday requirement: 3/5 holidays.
Floating Requirements:
Floats to ICU within patient population and MS floors.
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PCU Travel Nurse Job Responsibilities and Salary
Responsibilities of a PCU nurse include maintaining ventilators, administering treatments and medications, collaborating with members of the healthcare team, and communicating with patients and their families. Registered Nurses who specialize in progressive care will need BLS and ACLS certifications. Progressive Care Unit nurses usually have between 3 and 4 patients; this ratio may vary depending on the facility. The annual salary in the United States for a PCU Nurse is $88,000. Salaries may be higher if a nurse has additional education or PCU certifications.
Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Travel Nurse Jobs in Arizona
Progressive Care Unit (PCU) nurses work in hospital and skilled rehab settings. The Progressive Care Unit is an intermediate unit between the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and med-surg units. It is also called a "step-down unit." Patients are not as acutely ill as those in the ICU, but are also not stable enough to be in a med-surg unit with a higher nurse-patient ratio. Job descriptions for PCU nurses note excellent critical thinking skills, prior emergency or critical care experience, and assessment skills. Are you an experienced PCU Nurse? Explore and apply for high-paying travel nurse jobs today.