Stepdown Cardiac RN
Manchester, New Hampshire
Elliot Hospital

Stepdown Cardiac RN

Overview

• Travel/contract RN role in Manchester, New Hampshire
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM
• 36 hours per week
• 13-week contract
• No Thanksgiving RTO

Role focus

• Assigned to the ED unit to care for inpatient/CICU level holds in the ED
• Handles overflow patients including medical, surgical, trauma, oncology, and orthopedic cases
• Expected to manage and titrate drips
• Uses a team nursing / helping hands approach and may float to similar units
• Patient sitting may be part of the assignment

Required qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Hampshire
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Cardiac PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience
• 1 year of Cardiac PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience
• Cardiac PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• ED - Emergency Department experience
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)
• NIHSS
• Ability to manage and titrate intravenous drips including Lasix, Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitroglycerin, Integrillin, Labetalol, Dopamine, and Dobutamine
• Experience with Epic
• EKG test on arrival
• First-time travelers accepted only with EPIC experience and 2 years of experience
• Weekend requirement: every other weekend

Clinical skills and patient care

• Chest pain
• Syncope
• Heart failure
• Sepsis
• Overdose
• GI bleed
• COPD
• Pneumonia
• S/p cath with stent only, no CABG
• ICD/pacer insertions
• Cardioversions

Equipment used

• BiPAP
• CPAP
• Vapotherm
• Alaris pumps
• Philips monitoring system