Job Description
Bestica is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
2996740
REGISTERED NURSE PCU FLOAT
DESCRIPTION:
Position: Registered Nurse – Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Location: Kansas City, MO 64154-2778
Contract: 13 Weeks
Shift: 3x12s, Nights (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM)
Requirements
- Experience: Minimum 2 years of recent RN experience required. Previous Charge RN and Teaching Hospital experience preferred.
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS (required).
- Licensure: Active RN license (pending licenses not accepted).
- First-time Travelers: Accepted.
- Holiday/Charge Shifts: Required as needed per unit.
- Weekend Requirement: 8 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period (Fri/Sat/Sun combinations).
Ratios
- Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: 1:5
Skills Required
- Work Settings: MS/Tele, Telemetry, Cardiac Telemetry, ER Holding, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown.
- Cardiac Monitoring & Emergency Response: Dysrhythmia interpretation/management, telemetry monitoring (unit & remote), rapid response team participation.
- Cardiovascular: Post-Cardiac, Angiogram, Post-MI, Pre/Post Cardiac Cath, Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery.
- Endocrine/Metabolic: IV insulin protocols.
- Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management.
- Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/Post Hemodialysis, Renal failure management.
- IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Blood product administration, central line care/management, PICC line management, phlebotomy, peripheral line care/management, IV starts.
- Medications: Heparin protocols, management & titration of cardiac drips, PCA, procedural sedation administration.
- Neurological/Psychiatric: Stroke (CVA) care.
- Orthopedics: Peripheral nerve block catheters, total joint replacements.
- Plastics: Surgical drains.
- Respiratory: Tracheostomy management, chest tubes, external CPAP/BiPAP, HFNC, oxygen delivery systems, non-invasive airway management.
- Professional Skills: Isolation precautions, wound care, wound vac management.
Skills Preferred
- IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Port access.
- Oncology: Chemotherapy monitoring.
2996740
REGISTERED NURSE PCU FLOAT
DESCRIPTION:
Position: Registered Nurse – Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Location: Kansas City, MO 64154-2778
Contract: 13 Weeks
Shift: 3x12s, Nights (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM)
Requirements
Experience: Minimum 2 years of recent RN experience required. Previous Charge RN and Teaching Hospital experience preferred.
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS (required).
Licensure: Active RN license (pending licenses not accepted).
First-time Travelers: Accepted.
Holiday/Charge Shifts: Required as needed per unit.
Weekend Requirement: 8 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period (Fri/Sat/Sun combinations).
Ratios
Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: 1:5
Skills Required
Work Settings: MS/Tele, Telemetry, Cardiac Telemetry, ER Holding, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown.
Cardiac Monitoring & Emergency Response: Dysrhythmia interpretation/management, telemetry monitoring (unit & remote), rapid response team participation.
Cardiovascular: Post-Cardiac, Angiogram, Post-MI, Pre/Post Cardiac Cath, Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery.
Endocrine/Metabolic: IV insulin protocols.
Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management.
Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/Post Hemodialysis, Renal failure management.
IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Blood product administration, central line care/management, PICC line management, phlebotomy, peripheral line care/management, IV starts.
Medications: Heparin protocols, management & titration of cardiac drips, PCA, procedural sedation administration.
Neurological/Psychiatric: Stroke (CVA) care.
Orthopedics: Peripheral nerve block catheters, total joint replacements.
Plastics: Surgical drains.
Respiratory: Tracheostomy management, chest tubes, external CPAP/BiPAP, HFNC, oxygen delivery systems, non-invasive airway management.
Professional Skills: Isolation precautions, wound care, wound vac management.
Skills Preferred
IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Port access.
Oncology: Chemotherapy monitoring.
About Bestica
We are a trusted provider of solutions in Information Technology and Healthcare sectors to the DoD, Federal and Commercial markets. Our guiding principle and core values help us care for our people and the community; and build a culture of excellence which in turn helps us achieve our organizational objective of exceeding customer’s expectations in each and every project. Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, we were founded in 2005 and are certified as an 8(a) Business.
Job Tags
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