Stepdown/MedSurg RN
Morgantown, West Virginia
Ruby Memorial Hospital

10E Stepdown/Medsurg RN

Location

• Morgantown, West Virginia

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Unit / Setting

• Stepdown/MedSurg unit
• 29-bed flex unit currently under construction; all beds will be step-down equipped in first quarter 2026
• Serves both floor and step-down patients based on patient and hospital needs
• Primarily medical diagnoses

Required Qualifications

• RN
• BLS (AHA)
• Epic experience
• Must be able to handle a 6-patient med-surg assignment or a 3-patient stepdown assignment

Preferred

• New or experienced nurses are both considered

Clinical Details

• Nurse-to-patient ratios: 3:1 for stepdown, 6:1 for floor
• RNs will have orders to titrate drips
• Common drips include heparin, insulin, anti-hypertensives, antiarrhythmics, phenobarbitol, ketamine, morphine/dilaudid/fentanyl PCAs, and TPN
• CPAP and BiPAP on floor and stepdown
• HiFlow and vents in stepdown; vent setting changes go to ICU
• Central monitoring is available on the unit; RNs are not expected to read their own strips
• Phillips telemetry monitoring equipment
• Charge RNs and House Supervisors are available 24/7
• Charge RNs will likely take an assignment when the unit first opens, with the goal of always running with a free charge RN
• Nurse aides are present, called Clinical Associates (CAs); goal is 3 CAs at all times

Schedule

• 12-hour day shifts
• Weekend positions
• Expect to work about half of recognized holidays
• No call or standby requirement
• Block scheduling is not guaranteed

Floating

• First to float or be pulled to other floor/stepdown units

Dress Code

• Any combination of royal blue and white

Orientation

• 12-hour days, weekends, and holidays as scheduled