Address 37450 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Certification Details
Certifications: BLS and ACLS required.
Job Details
Hospital: Parkridge Medical Center
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Unit Name: Progressive Care Unit
Number of Beds: 29
Patient Ratios: 4:1
Unit staffing description: Dayshift unit secretary and 2-3 PCTs depending on census. Nightshift has 2-3 PCTs depending on census.
Type of equipment: Welch Allyn dynamaps, Phillips telemetry, Phillips MP2, Pyxis, Alaris pumps, Hill-Rom beds, iMobile devices, MobiLab
Documentation system: Meditech
The PCU delivers highly individualized care to medical, cardiac, and surgical complex patients requiring intermediate care such as: Sepsis, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, heart blocks, post cardiac catheterization, AKI, CKD, diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis, CVA, acute and chronic respiratory failure, GI bleed, pneumonia, post-operative day one coronary artery bypass grafting, post-operative day one aortic valve surgery, post thoracic surgery, post neurosurgery, as well as other complex patients.
Job Requirements
Requested Skill Set: Cardiac/telemetry experience, and PCU and/or critical care experience.
Advanced skills needed: IV insertion, chest tube management, DHT insertion/management, tracheostomy experience, CVC management, EKG, Foley management, early patient mobility
Procedures performed on unit: Foley placement, IV insertion, wound vac management, DKA management, EKGs, DHT/NG placement, patient ambulation, ADLs
Certifications Required: BLS and ACLS
Schedule Information
Scheduling requirements: 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule. Self-scheduling (within reason to allow balanced staffing). May request days off as needed prior to schedule closing. Schedule will be finalized 2 weeks in advance. Can accommodate block scheduling for night shift.
Floating policy: Travel RNs float first. We rotate floating, and the oldest float date will float first.
Patient Experience requirements: We have a heavy cardiac patient population, and the CV surgery patients come to PCU when they leave our ICU. We perform Q6H head-to-toe assessments and chart each one fully. We do the usual PCU gtts – Dopamine, Dobutrex, Nitro, Heparin, Cardizem, Lidocaine, Milrinone, Amiodarone, Cardene, Labetolol, Insulin, and we also titrate Precedex.
Unit Specific Information
We have a heavy cardiac patient population, and the CV surgery patients come to PCU when they leave our ICU.
You can also view the patient’s chart through Patient Keeper on your iMobile, which is handy when you are not in front of a computer!
We recently implemented MobiLab for the collection of any specimens.
Wound documentation can be performed on the iMobile device by using the iPhone camera in the wound care app, and the photos upload to the patient’s chart.
There are experienced RNs on both day and night shift, and RNs on both shifts with ICU experience.
Additional Details
Dress Code: Navy scrubs
Unit Guidelines/Policies: Will be provided.
Awards/Recognition: PCU is very much a 'team player' unit. We all work together to deliver exceptional care to our patients and their families. The employees here are honest, and embody the HCA vision to 'Care like family'. We are often recognized for our positive atmosphere and excellent employee engagement.