Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $60 per hour
Equiliem
Newark, NJ, US,
07102
Contractor
8 October 2025
Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $60 per hour at Equiliem summary:
A Local Contract Nurse RN specializing in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) providing advanced nursing care for adult patients with complex cardiac, neurologic, and pulmonary conditions. Responsibilities include managing heart, lung, and kidney transplant patients, performing frequent neurologic assessments, and titrating cardiac drips and insulin. Requires experience in trauma centers, LVAD care, and certifications such as ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS to support critically ill patients on night shifts in a Level I or II hospital setting.
Equiliem is seeking a local contract nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a local contract nursing job in Newark, New Jersey.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/06/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 35 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Local Contract
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Shift: Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30) Every other weekend..
2yr exp req..
PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown experiend required..
Level II trauma center experience required, Level I and Teaching Hospital experience highly preferred..
NIHSS, ACLS, BLS req...
strong LVAD experience is required..
titration of insulin and cardiac drips required..
For stepdown patient is 1:4 ratio depending on staffing and patient acuity..
Patient Diagnosis:Management of Heart Transplant Patient
Management of Lung Transplant Patient
Management of Kidney Transplant Patient
Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Patient
Ostomy Care
Pain Management
Adult patients from 18 years; and patient populations include Heart failure patients, hypertension, Cardiac Rhythm issue, Trach/Vented patient with multi-organ issues, LVAD patient, Patients with pulmonary HTN and etc. Stable pulmonary hypertension patients requiring IV prostacyclin
. Neurologic Disorders
1. Patients who require frequent neurologic assessments (every 2 hours) or frequent suctioning or turning
a. Stable/established stroke
b. Acute traumatic brain injury
c. Intracranial hemorrhage
d. Lumbar drain placement
e. Cervical spinal cord injury
f. Stable chronic neurologic disorders (i.e. neuromuscular weakness)
g. Peri-operative neurosurgical patients
D. Drug Ingestion and Drug Overdose
1. Any patient requiring frequent neurologic, pulmonary, or cardiac monitoring
Keywords:
Progressive Care Unit, Registered Nurse, Cardiac Care, Neurologic Assessment, Trauma Center Experience, LVAD, Transplant Patient Management, ACLS, BLS, Night Shift Nursing