Travel Progressive Care (Stepdown) Registered Nurse - $2,328 per week in Phillips, NE

TheraEX Staffing Services is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Job Description & Requirements
• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Charting System:
EPIC

Unit Notes
Department: Stepdown
• Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS*
Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity.
• *Driver's license required at submittal and will be used to determine if candidate is outside 50 miles.**
• *Fingernail policy: Artificial nails are prohibited in all departments providing patient care- refusal to remove nails will lead to termination of contract
• * RN's - Pass/Fail exam on Friday during orientation. OPEN BOOK exam on skills learned - they are given all necessary resources to pass. Must receive a 90% to pass or they will be terminated * *

- # of Beds: 33
- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:4-5
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients : Young adults through geriatrics, sepsis, STEMI, CHF, chest pain, COVID, stroke, renal failure, COPD, DKA, patients with complex medical issues including multisystem failure
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Heparin, Amiodarone, Cardizem, Nitroglycerin, IV antibiotics, Insulin; maintenance doses of IV meds (non titratable)
- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Yes
- Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: CNAs 1:10 ratio- available CNAs fluctuates based on unit census
- RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, BiPap, High Flow, etc.): BiPAP, Airvo
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: Yes, RNs must read and interpret
- Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?): 0630-1900, 1830-0700 // Unit schedulers will make travelers schedule
- Weekend Requirements: Every other
- Holiday Requirements: As needed to meet unit needs
- Floating Requirements: Can float to MedSurg, Inpatient Rehab, or Skilled Care
- Scrub Color/Dress code: RN: Navy Blue
- How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: First week classroom then 2-12 hour shifts on the floor
- Additional Notes: Busy patient flow- admitting and discharging within the same 6 hour time frame while also completing shift change. Attributes that will help make a nurse successful on this unit are a strong sense of teamwork, friendly, positive can-do attitude, engagement in positive patient experience with commitment to bedside report and hourly rounding

Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity.
RTO needed upfront (7 or less days per 13 week contract). Additional RTO will not be approved, including after submissions.
Entered On: 12/12/2023

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: RN (Registered Nurse) - PCU RN 221023310
About TheraEX Staffing Services

TheraEx Staffing Services is a leading name in healthcare staffing solutions. We enroll talented professionals to provide temporary staff to fill the needs of healthcare facilities across the nation.

Benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• 401k retirement plan
• Health Care FSA
• Life insurance
• Sick pay
• Holiday Pay
• Medical benefits