**Job Title:** Registered Nurse - PCU
**Job Specialty:** Ortho Neuro Surgical
**Job Duration:** 12 weeks
**Shift:** 12 Hour Nights
**Guaranteed Hours:** 48 hours per week
**Experience:** Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience
**License:** Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing approved
**Certifications:** BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
**Must-Have:** EPIC experience for first-time travelers
**Job Description:**
- Work on a 64-bed unit with mixed acuity levels, including Intermediate Care, Telemetry, and MedSurg.
- Care for patients post-surgery, including urology, orthopedic, and neurosurgical procedures.
- Handle surgical cases such as prostatectomy, bowel obstruction, and general abdominal surgeries.
- Deal with orthopedic cases including total joint replacements, trauma, and minor fractures.
- Manage neuro/spine cases like seizures, brain tumors, and various neuro interventions.
- Provide care for general medical cases such as cellulitis, pneumonia, COPD, renal failure, and more.
- Perform wound care, telemetry monitoring, and manage different medical devices.
- Read and interpret cardiac strips, provide trach care, and manage tube placements.
- Administer medications and conduct TPN/tube feeding and blood transfusions.
- Perform drip titration for medications like Heparin, Insulin, Cardizem, and others.
- Act within a pod structure, collaborating with 2 RNs and 1 Nurse Aide per 8 patients.
- Experience with Epic charting system is strongly preferred.
- Must be flexible to float to any adult inpatient unit as needed.
- Participate in 2 days of orientation plus 2 unit shifts with a preceptor.
- Schedule includes up to 4 weekends out of a 6-week rotation.
- No mandatory on-call time; availability may lead to being placed on call if needed.
- Holiday time off requests must be submitted prior to offer.
- Compliance with monthly audits for pre/post pain scoring is required.
- Navy Blue scrubs are the designated uniform.