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Registered Nurse – PCU Location: Rapid City, SD Duration: 13 Weeks Description: General Information: Beds: 64 Required experience: PCU Level RN: 1 year of nursing experience required Patient Types: This is a mixed acuity unit meaning there will be Intermediate Care acuity as well as Tele and MedSurg – please ensure traveler understands Pre/post-surgical patients, CVA, seizures, cellulitis, influenza, UTIs, pneumonia, COPD, CHF, renal failure with or without the need for hemodialysis, hepatic failure, gastrointestinal disorders and infections, soft tissue injury and minor fractures, and DVTs. Medication administration, titratable vasoactive drips, TPN/tube feeding, and blood product transfusions Peripheral IV, Midline, PICC and central line access, chest tubes, nasogastric tubes, drains, and urinary and fecal collection devices Wound care, telemetry monitored patients Post neuro-intervention (preferred experience but education and resources are provided per unit if they have not had this patient type) Patient Ratios: PCU: 1:4-5 CNA: 1:8 Required Certifications: RN: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS Required Education: RN: Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing Skills required: PCU RN: Comfortability to take MedSurg assignments – please decline if not Previous experience with our types of patients above, including IMC/stepdown and neuro; ability to read/interpret cardiac strips, wound care, line management, drain/tube management, drip titration of below medications Drip Titration: most commonly – Heparin, Insulin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Levophed (up to 5 mcg), occasionally esmolol drips (will train if traveler has not done these) or other Betablockers or other antihypertensives Support on the Unit: CNA: 1:8 Charge nurse: Two charge nurses for ONS that do not take a patient load Phlebotomy: Yes Resource Nurse during Dayshift/varied hours – Nurse Clinician support available RT: Yes Hospitalist: Yes Charting System: Epic – strongly preferred; must get approval from Manager prior to offer Alaris Omnicell Floating: Any Adult Inpatient Unit - Med Surg, Ortho/Neuro/Surgical, Heart and Vascular Unit, Oncology, Observation Could be floated within scope of practice and below.