Travel Nurse RN - Stepdown - $2,209 per week

Pluto Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Morgantown, West Virginia. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Stepdown Discipline: RN Duration: 13 weeks 36 hours per week Shift: 12 hours, nights Employment Type: Travel 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! Benefits Weekly pay Holiday Pay Guaranteed Hours Referral bonus Medical benefits Dental benefits Vision benefits Benefits start day 1