This role comes through TNAA Healthcare, a staffing partner — assignment-style terms, so ask exactly which facility you'd land in. The posted pay starts around $77k a year.
About this role
We're looking for Progressive Care Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Decatur, TX. The right RN should have 1-2 years recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.
As a PCU Travel Nurse, you will care for patients who require close monitoring and frequent assessment, but aren't unstable enough to need ICU care. Progressive Care Unit RNs will utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information, detecting any changes and thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations. Close observation is necessary as many PCU patients receive a significant amount of complex medications, sometimes through an intravenous line that may need to be adjusted or titrated. The PCU RN is sometimes also called a step-down nurse, and the PCU is also known as cardiac stepdown, medical stepdown, neuro stepdown, surgical stepdown and ER holding.
As a PCU Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks:
Provide basic bedside care; stabilize critical cardiac patients.
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Change dressings, insert catheters and start IVs.
Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.
PCU Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty. RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds. Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times. Because of the fast-paced environment, Progressive Care Unit RNs must possess good skills for coping with stress and be able to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Requirements*: ACLS, BLS, 1 Year
* Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment. Pay: $1,476.30
Skills for this role
basic bedside carestabilize critical cardiac patientschange dressingsinsert cathetersstart IVsprepare and administer prescribed medicationrecord prescribed medicationmonitor and adjust specialized equipmentinterpret and record electronic displaysinitiate corrective action for adverse symptomatologymonitor cardiac and vital informationtitrate IV medications
Certifications
ACLSBLS
Requirements
Registered Nurse (RN)
ACLS
BLS
1-2 years recent acute care experience
RN
1 Year
About the employer
TNAA Healthcare
Staffing partner
Assignment workplace not listed.
TNAA Healthcare is a travel nursing staffing agency headquartered in Columbus, OH, that places Registered Nurses in short-term and immediate-fill travel assignments at healthcare facilities across multiple states. Based on the provided job descriptions, TNAA recruits RNs for highly specialized…
Living in Decatur, TX
Decatur sits about an hour northwest of Fort Worth, offering small-town Texas charm with a historic downtown square. It's a quiet, community-oriented spot that appeals to rural nurses who want metro access without city density.
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