Stepdown Nurse

job Details

• Shift: 3x12s Nights (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM)

• Weekend rotation & holidays as needed

• Self-scheduling (6-week schedule) via Optilink

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years RN experience

• First-time travelers welcome

• BLS & ACLS required, NIH preferred

• Charge RN experience preferred

• Epic experience required

Unit Details

• Ratios: 1:4 (drips/BiPAP), otherwise 1:5

• Rapid Response Team available

• Nurse Assistants 24/7, RN Secretary 7a–11p

Skills Required

• Telemetry & dysrhythmia interpretation

• Cardiac drips & vasoactive drips (titration required)

• Pre/Post cardiac cath care

• PICC & peripheral line management

• Procedural sedation

• Chest tubes (Emerson/Pleur-evac)

• CPAP/BiPAP, tracheostomy care

Patient Population

• Cardiac focus: CHF, Client, arrhythmias, MI rule-out, pacemakers, pre/post cardiac cath

• Secondary respiratory: COPD, pneumonia, BiPAP patients