Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - $2,308 per week in Manchester, NH

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Stepdown Cardiac Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum 2 years with strong PCU background within the last year. License: Valid state nursing license required. Certifications: ACLS, BCLS Must-Have: - Epic experience - Weekend availability (every other weekend) - EKG testing upon arrival Description: No Thanksgiving RTO. Traveler will be contracted to the Emergency Department unit, specifically to care for inpatient/CICU level holds. ED experience is preferred but not required. First-timers accepted with necessary experience. No first-timers accepted with only 1 year of experience. Position includes floating expectations with a Helping Hands/Team Nursing approach. You will not take a patient that does not match your clinical assignment or team. Patient diagnoses include: - Chest Pain - Syncope - Heart Failure - Sepsis - Overdose - GI Bleed - COPD - Pneumonia - Medical, Surgical, Trauma, Oncology, and Orthopedic as overflow - S/p Cath with stent only (no CABG) - ICD/Pacer insertions - Cardioversions Special procedures/unit details involve managing and titrating the following drips: - Lasix - Heparin - Cardizem - Amiodarone - Nitroglycerin - Integrillin - Labatolol - Dopamine - Dobutamine Required special equipment includes: - BiPAP - CPAP - Vapotherm - Alaris Pumps - Phillips Monitoring System Staffing and scheduling requires: - Flexibility to be floated - Potential call shifts Preferred skills include: - BiPAP/CPAP management - Blood product administration - Care of ventilated patients - Chest tubes management - Interpretation of arterial blood gases - Management of dysrhythmias - Wound care Additional unit details: Interdisciplinary support includes IV teams, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, and pharmacy. The unit provides care for patients with a variety of diagnoses and conducts several procedures related to cardiac and critical care management.