Preferred Skills/Experience: Trauma/orthopedic experience preferred.

Unit Details: Surgical trauma stepdown unit in a Level 2 trauma center; 90% of inpatients come from the ED. Cares for patients requiring acute surgical intervention, consultation, or post-op care, including trauma surgery, bariatric surgery, vascular surgery, traumatic brain injury, general surgery, urological surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neuro/spine surgery. Also cares for patients with GI bleed/endoscopy needs, pulmonary embolus, neurologic diagnoses including CVA, TIA, TBI, post-neurosurgery, and altered mental status, as well as meningitis, new-onset seizures, hypertensive crisis, chest pain, CHF, sepsis that is hemodynamically stable, alcohol withdrawal, and respiratory distress requiring Venti mask, BiPAP, or CPAP. Includes pre- and post-cardiac cath lab procedural patients, hemodynamically stable post-op CV surgery patients, unstable angina, suspected MI (NSTEMI and STEMI), chest pain rule-out patients, chest pain with acute EKG changes or elevated troponin, acute cardiac dysrhythmias requiring IV/PO medication management, mild-moderate congestive heart failure with elevated BNP and/or pulmonary edema without shock, post-op femoropopliteal bypass, peripheral stents, post aortograms, post-op CEA, pulmonary embolus requiring heparin drip, and patients meeting PACU discharge criteria. Common drips include Agatroban, Agrastat/Integrelin/ReoPro, amiodarone, Cardene, Cardizem, dobutamine, dopamine, heparin, Lasix, morphine or Ativan for palliative care, nitroglycerin, Primacor, and sodium bicarbonate.

Shift & Scheduling: No call.

Floating Requirements: Float to stepdown service lines, including Progressive Care Unit and Heart and Vascular Unit.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: This is an auto-offer position. You will likely not interview with the facility prior to receiving an offer. However, an interview can be arranged upon request. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.

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