PCU RN
Beaufort, South Carolina
Staffing partner
You'll care for patients who need close monitoring but aren't unstable enough for ICU. This role comes through TNAA Healthcare, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
- Eligibility
- Acute CareCardiacEmergency/TraumaMedical/Surgical
- Shift and hours
- Days
- Unit and setting
- Progressive Care Unit (PCU) · Hospital 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.step-down patients who aren't unstable enough for ICU
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Travel
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- BLS Requirements*: BLS, ACLS, 2 Years
- Certification
- ACLS
- Experience
- 2 years of experience
- Also asks
- additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most South Carolina travel postingsSouth Carolina travel postings that state pay run $1,620/week to $2,350/week, the middle half $1,840/week to $2,130/week, across 96 postings.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- stabilizes critical cardiac patients Provide basic bedside care; stabilize critical cardiac patients.
- Day to day
- dressing changes, catheter insertion, IV starts Change dressings, insert catheters and start IVs.
- Day to day
- gives and records medications, reports reactions Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
- Day to day
- monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
- Day to day
- monitors and adjusts specialized patient equipment
- Day to day
- acts on monitor changes that show adverse symptoms Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.
- Details
- stand and walk for long periods PCU Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty.
- Details
- lift 20 pounds easily RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds.
- Details
- lift patients up to 50 pounds at times Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times.
- Details
- fast-paced unit; must cope with stress Because of the fast-paced environment, Progressive Care Unit RNs must possess good skills for coping with stress
The workplace
- Staffing partner
- TNAA Healthcare
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Telemetry One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Original listing
Posted on TNAA Healthcare’s careers page.
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We're looking for Progressive Care Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Beaufort, SC. 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. 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*: BLS, ACLS, 2 Years
- Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment.
Pay: $1,677.71
What's around it?
Beaufort, SCFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,212/mo
- Household income
- $61,220/yr, all local households, not nurse pay