**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN)
**Job Specialty:** Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** Days, 3x12 hours
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
**Experience:** 1 year of experience required
**License:** Current RN License issued by the State Board of Nursing or current multistate compact RN License (eNLC)
**Certifications:** Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association
**Must-Have:** Associate's Degree in Nursing from an accredited program; English proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking
**Job Description:**
- Provides nursing care to a variety of patients with health problems ranging from simple to complex under general supervision.
- Assumes responsibility for an assigned group of patients.
- Documents patient responses to nursing interventions and prescribed medical treatments; notes all changes in physician orders on assigned patients.
- Assists physicians in the examination of patients and in performing minor diagnostic procedures and treatments.
- Obtains and monitors physiological data of patients, observes physiological manifestations, and intervenes when necessary.
- Administers medications as prescribed; initiates, regulates, and monitors intravenous infusions and blood products.
- Delivers patient care competently.
- Interacts with family and patients to share care plans during hospital stay and discharge.
- Informs patients and families of hospital procedures.
- Makes referrals regarding patient care needs to appropriate personnel.
- Delegates tasks to support staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
**Required Skills & Experience:**
- Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, techniques, and procedures.
- Ability to organize, plan, coordinate, and evaluate nursing services and apply nursing techniques.
- Ability to maintain good working relationships with colleagues.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to respond effectively to cultural and language needs of patients and visitors.
- Basic computer skills.
**Preferred Education:**
- Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Nursing from a Board-approved program.