Step Down Unit Registered Nurse
Evansville, IN
TotalMed RN
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

UNIT: Cardiac Neuro PCU
 

Minimum Experience REQUIRED: 2 solid years Stepdown + 1 travel contract OR 5 years of solid Stepdown if no travel experience

Required Certs: Must have current active compact license. AHA BLS, AHA ACLS and NIHSS.

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!

Float Requirement: First to float within skillset. Deaconess Newburgh (IN) campus (8 miles apart) & potential to float to Deaconess Henderson (KY – 11 miles). 2 HR notice given for cross campus float. Mid-shift float within same campus. Cross campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible.

On Call/Call Back Requirement: N/A

Weekend/Holiday Requirement: Three weekends out of every six-week schedule.  Every other holiday.

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.

Unit Information: 19 beds, blended unit (8 designated Stepdown bed, 11 MS/T)

Ratio: Days 1:5-6;  NOCs 1:4; 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

NO LOCAL CANIDATES (40 MILE RADIUS RULE)

Bi-weekly orientation

* 3 call-ins can result in termination *

*** Teaching hospital, may require precepting of students & new hires ***

Covid-19 Vaccine Not Required -- Subject to change

GSA hours are not guaranteed the week of Orientation. Traveler is guaranteed set hours per week, except during holidays where unit is closed