Pluto Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Morgantown, West Virginia.Job Description & Requirements
Ratios "1:3-4 Stepdown assignment are 1:3, Combo assignments are 1:4 (2 stepdown & 2 floor patients or 3 stepdown & 1 floor)"
Required Certifications BLS & ACLS are both required Common diagnoses/Types of patients Post-surgical Thoracic & Medicine patients Experience or 'Must have' skills Must have strong MedSurg Stepdown experience, be able to titrate drips, & read strips
Are RNs required to titrate drips? Titration of drips with specific parameters - orders placed by the MD Common titratable &/or set rate drips Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dopamine, Nitro, Esmolol, Heparin, & Lasix (no vasopressors)
Charge Nurse/House Supervisor 1 Charge Nurse & 3 House Supervisors in-house
Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios 3-4 CNA's per shift RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc.)
No Vents, but they get Bipap & traches Is there tele on this unit? Monitor techs? RNs read strips? RN's need to interpret & chart the patient rhythm with their assessment Q4hr, or more often with titration of medications. Each unit has a centralized monitor for RN's to view at the nurses station, as well as monitors in the patient rooms. Centralized Telemetry interprets & places the EKG strips into the patient charts.
Quick interviews and offers, I work with every hospital in WV OH and KY so if you have another area in mind let me know!
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