Step Down Unit RN
Evansville, Indiana
Deaconess Hospital

Step Down Unit Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Evansville, Indiana
• 13-week contract
• 12-hour day shift: 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week
• Primary location: Midtown

Required Qualifications

• Current active compact license
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• NIHSS
• 2 solid years of Stepdown experience plus 1 travel contract, or 5 years of solid Stepdown experience if no travel experience
• Recent EPIC experience
• Must pass tele tests
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills

Unit Details

• Stepdown Cardiac Neuro
• 19-bed blended unit with 8 designated Stepdown beds and 11 MS/T beds
• Stepdown RNs take MS/T patients

Patient Population

• Post procedure cardiac patients, including cath/stents/interventions, pacers, ICD, and ablation
• STEMI/NSTEMI
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Sepsis
• Neuro patients, including CVAs, seizures, and possible TBI
• DKA

Skills

• Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation
• Post heart cath care, including fem./TR bands
• Initiate and titrate drips: Cardizem, Amio, cardene, nitro, Insulin, Heparin
• NIHSS and strong neuro assessments
• Sepsis care
• Chest tubes
• PIV insertion

Schedule and Float

• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday
• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Newburgh campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson
• 2-hour notice for cross-campus float
• Mid-shift float within the same campus
• Cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible

Additional Notes

• No local candidates within a 40-mile radius
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs
• No competing health systems or agency logos
• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change