Travel Nurse RN - Stepdown
Evansville, IN
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Step Down Unit Registered Nurse Days - Evansville, IN
 

Stepdown Cardiac Neuro - Days
NO LOCAL CANIDATES (40 MILE RADIUS RULE)
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Start: 1/12 - Bi-weekly orientation
Guaranteed Hours: 36 (will accept 48 upon request)
Shift Requirement: 12hr Days 6:30-7

Float Requirement: First to float within skillset. 2 HR notice given for cross campus float. Mid-shift float within same campus. Cross campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible.
Weekend/Holiday Requirement: Three weekends out of every six-week schedule. Every other holiday.
Required Certs to be attached upon submittal: Must have current active compact license. AHA BLS, AHA ACLS and NIHSS*

Minimum Experience REQUIRED: 2 solid years Stepdown + 1 travel contract OR 5 years of solid Stepdown if no travel experience*
Charting Experience: Recent EPIC experience required (will be required to do a checkoff class)*
Patient Population: Post procedure cardiac (cath/stents/interventions, pacers, ICD, ablation), Identify/care of STEMI/NSTEMI, Carotid endarterectomy, Sepsis, Neuro (CVAs, seizures, possible TBI), DKA.

Skillset: Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation (TRAVELERS REQUIRED TO PASS TELE TESTS), post heart cath care (fem./TR bands), initiate/titrate drips (Cardizem, Amio, cardene, nitro, Insulin, Heparin), NIHSS/strong neuro assessments, sepsis care, chest tubes, PIV insertion. Must have strong assessment and critical thinking skills!

Unit Information: 19 beds, blended unit (8 designated Stepdown bed, 11 MS/T)
Ratio: Days 1:5-6; CN will take patients. Stepdown RNs will take MS/T patients.
Unit Strengths: The manager opening this unit has been with Deaconess over 20+ years and had the lowest turnover in the organization for 2024.
Scrub Colors: Navy blue scrubs - No competing health systems or agency logos
* 3 call-ins can result in termination *
*** Teaching hospital, may require precepting of students & new hires ***

Covid-19 Vaccine Not Required -- Subject to change