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Specialty: Stepdown (8 Southeast Stepdown Unit)
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours: 12-hour shifts, approximately 36 hours per week
Unit Size: 32 beds
Patient Ratios:
- Stepdown assignments: 1:3
- Combo assignments (mix of stepdown and floor patients): 1:4
Weekend Requirement: 3 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule (Saturday, Sunday, Saturday)
Holiday Requirement: Required to work holidays if needed
Call/Standby: No call or standby required
Floating: Very rare
Dress Code: Royal Blue scrubs
Orientation: 3 shifts of unit-specific orientation including nights, holidays, and weekends as scheduled

Post-surgical thoracic and medicine patients
No ventilators on unit; use of BiPAP and tracheostomies present
RNs interpret and chart patient rhythms every 4 hours or more frequently during medication titration
Centralized telemetry monitors at nurse’s station and patient rooms; telemetry team interprets and files EKG strips

Strong MedSurg Stepdown experience required
Ability to titrate drips and read cardiac strips
Titration of drips performed under MD orders
Common titratable/set rate drips include: Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dopamine, Nitro, Esmolol, Heparin, and Lasix (no vasopressors)

Must have a valid driver’s license with an address outside a 50-mile radius from the facility
COVID-19 vaccination required (2 doses of Moderna or Pfizer, or 1 dose of J&J)
- Medical or religious exemptions require timely submission of exemption forms for approval
Previous permanent candidates must have been off the unit for 2 years before reapplying
Previous travelers must have been off the unit for 2 years after completing a full year on the unit

Note: Only one submission per candidate is allowed at a time across the system. Travel teams must be submitted together.

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