Nursing Assistant- PCU
Description:
Job Description
Title: Nursing Assistant- PCU
Responsibilities:
The PCU is a 36-bed unit for telemetry, step down, or intermediate level of care.
Patients requiring peritoneal and hemodialysis, cardiac catheterizations, pacemakers, internal cardiac defibrillator placement, post-operative monitoring, and interventional radiology may be placed on PCU.
Our patients receive continuous cardiac monitoring, and some may also receive continuous oxygen saturation monitoring.
Patient can be on high flow oxygen, Bi-pap ventilation, and continuous cardiac Intravenous medications.
The nurse patient ratio is less than on the med/surg floors, allowing patients to be more closely monitored.
Assists or performs Activities of Daily Living (i.e. bathing, toileting, eating, dressing, grooming, etc.) for the patients/residents of the facility as well as changes bed linen and assists with transferring residents from bed to chair, chair to bed and turning and repositioning of the patient/resident while in bed.
Requirements:
AHA BLS required
Experience working as Nursing Assistant in PCU
Education:
Degree from an accredited school of nursing