Scheduling, we use Schedule360, so you can go in online and choose the days that you want to work for the four weeks at a time. They'd like us to work two Mondays, two Fridays, and two Saturdays. The way our unit works is we are closed by midday. Usually, on Saturdays, it's discharges only. So then we're closed every Sunday, and then we roll in on Mondays, once surgeries start finishing. So you could be in at 7:00, 9:00, or 11:00, depending on which shift you pick for that Monday. So it's kind of like a half day and a half day that week, plus two other 12-hour shifts. You can also request time off, use PTO, and then most holidays we're closed, which is also really nice. And then doing the two Mondays, two Fridays, and two Saturdays, it just makes it fair for everybody that way as well.

Hi, I'm Jennifer. I'm an RN on PCU at Northside Gwinnett. Skills required to be successful on the PCU are strong assessment skills, watching for hemodynamic changes in your patient, and how to act on the changes you observe. The floors acuity is usually always high, so it requires a great team to keep these patients safe and restabilize them and monitor them. It's a great floor to increase your assessment skills, your advanced lifesaving skills, and really enrich your nursing career.