Step Down RN
Mount Airy, NC
PRIDE Health
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus
$2,129/weekOverview
- Start Date11/16/2026
- Shift Breakdown3x12 hrs
- ShiftNights
- Duration13 weeks
Pay
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- 401k retirement plan
- Cancelation protection
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (1 year)
- Skills Checklist
- Updated Resume
Description
Step Down RN
Overview
- Travel/Contract role in Mount Airy, North Carolina
- 13-week contract
- Night shift: 3x12 hours, 18:45–07:15
- 36 hours per week
- Target ratio: 1:4
- Self-scheduling
- No call requirement
- RTO after booking is not allowed
Required Qualifications
- Valid RN license in North Carolina
- Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
- PCU - Progressive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
- PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
- BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
- NIHSS
- Stroke Life Support
- Experience working with Cardiac patients
- Experience working with Neuro patients
- Experience with cardiac drips
- Experience with titratable drips
- Experience with the care and management of invasive lines
- Experience with BiPAP
- Experience with CPAP
- Experience with wound care
- IV insertion skills
- Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
- Experience with Meditech
Preferred
- Previous charge experience
- Teaching hospital experience
- Community hospital experience
- Some travel experience preferred, though first-time travelers are accepted
Unit Details
- Step-down/ICU and ICU float coverage when census is low
- Similar to ICU, except no MI, GI bleeds, or DKA
- 12 lead ECG
- Cardiac monitor in every room
- Continuous pulse oximetry
- No vents
Skills and Experience
- Cardiac Telemetry
- MS/Tele
- Neuro Stepdown
- PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown
- Telemetry
- Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
- Telemetry monitoring on the unit and remotely
- Rapid Response/Code team use
- IV insulin protocols
- Feeding tube care and management
- Accessing/managing ports
- Blood product administration
- Central line care/management
- Peripheral line care/management
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line management
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Heparin protocols
- Cardiac drip management, including titration
- CVA
- Substance withdrawal
- Mastectomy
- Surgical drains
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
- ABG interpretation
- Nasal cannula
- Oxygen administration
- Oxygen tanks
- Isolation precautions/PPE
- Wound care/Wound Vac
Additional Notes
- Black scrubs required and not provided
Employer
PRIDE Health
60 nurses recommend working with PRIDE Health
Pros
Agency and recruiter are communicative and reach out a good amount after getting you started. Paid weekly.
Cons
Sometimes slow to get concerns addressed in a timely manner. Also can be sometimes overbearing with getting you to agree to contracts.
Recommends working with PRIDE Health
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PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global—an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry’s leading healthcare organizations.
Pride Health offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Pride Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Fair Chance Employment
Pride Health is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.
Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.
Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.
Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.
Mount Airy, NC
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