**Job Title:** Registered Nurse
**Job Specialty:** Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)
**Guaranteed Hours:** Not specified
**Experience:** Not specified
**License:** Valid compact or state nursing license
**Certifications:** Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
**Must-Have:** Flu Vaccine (Medical Exemptions Only)
**Job Description:**
- Float to various Oncology Medical-Surgical and Progressive Care Units as needed.
- Ensure staff safety in a secure corrections unit environment.
- Work in a locked unit with access controlled by correctional officers.
- Maintain a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:3 for PCU and 1:4-5 for Medical-Surgical Units.
- Manage patient diagnoses including active oncology diagnoses/treatments, oncology workup admissions, and various non-oncology diagnoses.
- Perform medical-surgical/telemetry and stepdown cardiac monitoring.
- Interpret and manage dysrhythmias with unit-based telemetry monitoring.
- Administer IV insulin protocols and manage feeding tubes, pre/post hemodialysis, renal failure, and blood products.
- Handle central and peripheral line care/management, including PICC line and starting IVs.
- Manage cardiac drips (without titration), PCA, and external CPAP/BIPAP.
- Interpret arterial blood gases and manage respiratory equipment such as high flow nasal cannula, nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, portable oxygen tanks, and tracheostomies.
- Collaborate with provider support services including interpretation, pharmacy, physical therapy, radiology, rapid response teams, respiratory services, social services, and transportation.
**Note:** Candidates must be responsive and cooperative with the fingerprinting and credentialing process to avoid start date delays. All candidates within driving distance will be required to complete their fingerprinting in Ohio as soon as possible.