Stepdown RN
Morgantown, WV
Access Healthcare
4x12 hrs, Nights

RN - Neuro Stepdown & EMU

Location: Morgantown, West Virginia Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (48 hours/week), 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

Required Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• NIHSS certification
• Stepdown-qualified RN
• Overall strong neuro experience
• History of caring for stroke patients and implementing NIHSS
• NIHSS completed and in hand at time of submission
• Fully COVID-19 vaccinated (2 doses of Moderna or Pfizer, or 1 dose of J&J). Medical or religious exemptions require the exemption form, submitted as soon as possible because they go through a council for approval.
• Any license hits must be disclosed at time of submission

Preferred Qualifications

• ACLS certification
• Experience with EVDs

Unit Details

• Unit: 10 East (Neuro Stepdown & EMU - Epilepsy Monitoring Unit)
• Beds: 31 total (25 Stepdown, 6 EMU)
• Nurse-to-patient ratios: 1:3 for Stepdown; 1:5-6 for EMU
• Charge nurse: Available 24/7
• Nurse aides: 4 per shift, ratio 1:8-9
• Respiratory therapy: Available 24/7. RNs are not required to have vent experience. Floor vents are usually on a set setting, managed by RT and physicians.
• Telemetry: The unit has telemetry. RNs do not have to read strips.
• Orientation: 2 shifts on the unit

Patient Population

• Higher-acuity neuroscience patients
• Strokes, EMU, seizures, craniotomies
• EVDs (permanent staff will likely be assigned these patients)
• TPA patients: those within 24 hours post-TPA are managed by permanent staff only

Clinical Expectations

• Titration is done only under physician orders. Some protocols may allow titration, with education provided.
• Common titratable or set-rate drips: amiodarone, Cardizem, nitro, dopamine, Nipride, ketamine, Lasix, Bumex, insulin

Schedule

• Nights: 3 twelve-hour shifts per week. Three shifts in a row may be offered but are not guaranteed, so travelers need to be flexible.
• Weekends: Every other weekend or 2 weekend shifts per schedule
• Holidays: Travelers are expected to work the holiday rotation
• Call or standby requirement: Unknown
• Scrub color: Royal Blue
• Floating: Possibly to 7E, 7W, 7NE, or 10W

Submission Requirements

• Candidates may only be submitted to one position at a time across the entire system.
• Driver's license address must be more than 50 miles from the facility.
• Previous permanent candidates must have been gone for 2 years.
• Previous travelers who worked a full year must have been gone for 2 years.
• Travel teams must be submitted together in one email.
• Only 2 candidates may be submitted per opening. If the position is at maximum, submissions are held until a spot opens.