Experience
- Minimum 1 year PCU experience required
- Patient ratio experience of 1:4 required
- Previous travel experience accepted
License & Certification Required
- Active Alaska RN license required for Auto Offer
- BLS
- ACLS
- NIHSS
Skills Required
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- Blood product administration
- Cardiac telemetry
- Central line care/management
- Chest tubes - Emerson/PleurEvac
- Continuous bladder irrigation (CBI)
- CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) management
- Epidural analgesia
- Feeding tube care and management
- High flow nasal cannula (HFNC)
- Interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs)
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- Isolation precautions/PPE
- IV insulin protocols
- Management of cardiac drips, no titration
- Management of vasoactive drips, no titration
- Management of dysrhythmias
- MS/Tele experience
- Nasal cannula administration
- Neuro stepdown experience
- Non-invasive airway management
- Oxygen administration
- Pacing care for pacemakers (temporary/permanent)
- PCA administration
- PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown experience
- Peripheral line care/management
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line management
- Post cardiac angiogram care
- Post MI care
- Pre/Post cardiac catheterization care
- Pre/Post cardiac surgery care
- Pre/Post hemodialysis management
- Pre/Post neurosurgery care
- Renal failure management
- Seizure disorder management
- Spinal cord injury management
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Substance withdrawal management
- Surgical drain management
- Telemetry experience - on the unit monitoring
- Telemetry experience - remote monitoring
- Use of rapid response/code teams
- Wound care/Wound Vac management
Desired Skills
- Experience with tracheostomy care/management
- Experience with traumatic brain injury
- Experience with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
- Experience with total joint replacement
