Step Down RN
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University Hospital

Step Down RN

Assignment Overview

• 13-week assignment
• Night shift
• Navy Blue scrubs
• Start dates available every Monday
• 50-mile radius restriction; no local travelers

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Georgia
• Stepdown (1.5 years of experience)
• Stepdown experience within the last year
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience with cardiac drips (insulin, milrinone, dobutamine, amiodarone, heparin, lasix, nitroglycerin)
• Ability to independently interpret cardiac rhythms and pass a Dysrhythmia Exam
• Experience with chest tube care and management
• Experience with telemetry interpretation
• Experience with right and left heart catheterizations
• Experience with TR Band management
• Experience with sheath removal and management
• Experience with stent placement procedures
• Experience with valve replacement procedures
• Experience with pacemaker and ICD care
• Experience with Epic

Preferred Qualifications

• Heart transplant experience
• LVAD experience

Unit Details

• High-acuity, heavily cardiac-focused PCU units
• Strong cardiac background preferred by the unit
• Typical nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4 to 1:5
• No ventilator patients

Common Patient Populations

• Heart Failure
• Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib)
• Atrial Flutter
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
• Ventricular Tachycardia (VTach)
• Ventricular Fibrillation (VFib)
• Fluid Volume Overload (FVO)
• Chest Pain
• Hypertension (HTN)
• Heart Transplant Patients
• Congenital Heart Disease
• LVAD Patients

Common Procedures

• Right & Left Heart Catheterizations
• TR Band Management
• Sheath Removal/Management
• Stent Placement
• Valve Replacement Procedures
• STEMI/NSTEMI Care
• Pacemakers
• ICDs
• Cardioversions
• Ablations
• Groin Site Management

Floating

• May float to similar cardiac/PCU units as needed
• Does not float to the Cardiac Monitor Tech role