Travel PCU Nurse

About This Role

This is a contract position for a Registered Nurse specializing in PCU in Newark, NJ, with a focus on providing care to patients with various medical conditions requiring specialized monitoring and interventions.

Requirements

• 1 Year experience
• PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown skills
• Interpretation of dysrhythmias
• Management of dysrhythmias
• Telemetry - on the unit monitoring
• Telemetry - remote monitoring
• IV insulin protocols
• Titration of Insulin drips
• Feeding tube care and management
• Blood Product Administration
• Manage Cardiac drips- no titration
• Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration
• PCA
• Titrate Cardiac drips
• Titrate Vasoactive drips
• Surgical drains
• Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Nasal Cannula
• Oxygen administration
• Non-invasive airway management
• Tracheostomy care/management
• Wound Care/Wound Vac
• Post Cardiac Angiogram
• Pre/Post Cardiac Cath
• TR Band
• Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI)
• Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management
• Renal failure
• Accessing/Managing Ports
• Central line care/management
• Phlebotomy
• Peripheral Line Care/Management
• PICC line management
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Heparin Protocols
• CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
• Care of Ventilated Patient
• BiPAP/CPAP management/maintenance
• Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
• Oxygen tanks
• Isolation Precautions/PPE
• Post MI
• Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
• Arterial line management
• Lumbar drains
• Pre/Post neurosurgery
• Seizure disorders
• Spinal cord injury
• Substance Withdrawal
• Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD/RVAD)

Qualifications

• 1 Year experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

Certifications