PCU Nights
*Located at the Heart Hospital*
Years Required: 2 years
Ratios: 1:4
Weekend Requirement: As needed, rotating
Float Requirement: YES
Certification Requirements: BLS and ACLS required, CPI preferred
Additional Details/Requirements: 55 beds on unit, Cardiovascular Experience required
Scrub Color: Any (no logo)
Documentation System: EPIC Previous Charge Experience:
–
Years of Experience:
2 year(s)
Note: Cardiovascular Experience
Patient Ratio Experience:
1:4
Charting System:
–
Teaching Hospital Experience:
–
Community Hospital Experience:
–
LTAC Experience:
–
Trauma Level I Experience:
–
Trauma Level II Experience:
–
Travel Experience Required:
No
Certfications:
Certs marked with * are preferred
ACLS, BLS
Skills:
Skills marked with * are preferred
IV therapy/Phlebotomy
Blood Product Administration*
Central line care/management*
Peripheral Line Care/Management
Phlebotomy*
PICC line management*
Starting IVs
Work Settings
Cardiac Telemetry
PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown
Telemetry
Respiratory
Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac*
External CPAP/BIPAP*
High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)*
Nasal Cannula
Non-invasive airway management*
Oxygen face masks*
Neurological/Psychiatric
CVA*
Gastrointestinal
Feeding tube care and management*
Medications
Heparin Protocols*
Manage Cardiac drips- no titration*
PCA*
Procedural Sedation Administration*
Titrate Cardiac drips*
Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response
Interpretation of dysrhythmias
Management of dysrhythmias
Telemetry -on the unit monitoring
Telemetry- remote monitoring
Professional Topics and Skills
Isolation Precautions
Wound Care/Wound Vac*
Endocrine/Metabolic
IV insulin protocols*
Cardiovascular
Post Cardiac Angiogram
Post MI*
Pre/Post Cardiac Cath
Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery*
Sheath Removal*
