Step Down Unit RN
Henderson, Kentucky
Methodist Hospital

Registered Nurse — Step Down Unit

Location

• Henderson, Kentucky

Contract

• Travel assignment
• 13 weeks
• Start date: 8/10
• Bi-weekly orientation

Schedule

• 12-hour day shifts
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week
• May accept 48-hour contracts upon request
• Every third weekend
• Every other holiday

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Kentucky
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Stepdown (2 years of experience)
• Stepdown experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Tele interpretation with required passing score on tele tests
• Ability to initiate and titrate insulin drips
• Ability to initiate and titrate heparin drips
• Ability to initiate and titrate cardiac drips
• Experience with Epic

Experience / Skills

• Recent EPIC experience
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills

Unit Details

• Stepdown/PCU patient population
• 10-bed unit
• Nurse-to-patient ratios: days 1:4-5; nights 1:5-6
• First to float within skillset
• May float to another campus with 2 hours’ notice
• Mid-shift float within the same campus may occur

Additional Notes

• No local candidates within 40 miles
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs required
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change