Step Down RN
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University Hospital

RN - Step Down

Overview

• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Unit: EUH 7E
• Employment type: LongTerm
• Shift: NOC (Night shift)
• Hours: 12-hour shifts, 3 shifts per week, 36 hours per week

Unit Focus

• High-acuity, heavily cardiac-focused PCU unit
• Strong cardiac background expected

Required Qualifications

• EPIC experience
• Ability to independently interpret cardiac rhythms
• Must pass a Dysrhythmia Exam on the first attempt, with no remediation opportunities
• Must be able to use calipers for the exam
• Minimum 18 months of recent cardiac unit experience
• Experience with the following cardiac drips: Insulin, Milrinone, Dobutamine, Amiodarone, Heparin, Lasix, Nitroglycerin (Nitro)
• Must have a rating of 4 on all cardiac skills on the skills checklist
• Chest tube experience
• Experience with telemetry interpretation
• Experience successfully passing a telemetry exam

Preferred

• Heart transplant experience
• LVAD experience

Patient Population

• 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