Travel Nurse Rn - Pcu In Bridgton, Me

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse

**Job Specialty:** Step Down

**Job Duration:** 13 weeks

**Shift:** Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:00)

**Guaranteed Hours:** Information not provided

**Experience:** Minimum of 2 years required. Unit does not accept first-time travelers.

**License:** Pending licenses accepted for submission but must be active by start date.

**Certifications:** ACLS, BCLS

**Must-Have:**
- Willingness to float as needed

**Job Description:**

- Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
- Handling multi-system organ failure
- Administering IV insulin protocols
- Accessing ports and administering blood products
- Managing central lines and PICC lines
- Starting IVs and continuous IV sedation
- Titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
- Assisting with management of BiPAP, CPAP, and High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
- Interpreting ABGs and ventilator management
- Implementing infection prevention and isolation precautions using PPE
- Performing phlebotomy and caring for surgical wounds with drains or wound vacs

**Preferred Skills/Certs/Experience:**
- Familiarity with Cerner, previous charge experience, charting experience, and experience in community hospitals
- NIH certification

**Patient Diagnoses:**
- Sepsis, CHF, COPD, DKA, COVID, ETOH withdrawal, pneumonia

**Special Procedures/Unit Details:**
- Diltiazem drip titration, insulin drip titration, amiodarone, precedex drip

**Additional Information:**

- Locals not accepted, must be from 50 miles or more away from the facility
- No Cerner training provided through the facility
- Smoke-free facility
- Required fit test prior to being onsite
- Navy blue scrubs required