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Travel Nurse (RN) - Step Down Unit
$3,291/wk
Contract Details
Travel Pay Breakdown
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Additional Information
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.
Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, and teaching facility.
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience with post-procedural cath lab patients, management of TR Band compression devices, management of chest pain, and post-cardiac-surgical patients.
Special Requests:
Must take a full 6 months off from any Sanford Health or Good Samaritan Society location as well.
Must disclose previous employment on your resume or elsewhere within the submission for a DNU check.
Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
If you previously worked for Marshfield, your employment must have ended 6 months before submission.
Block scheduling is available if it meets unit needs, but it is generally not guaranteed in contract agreements.
Unit Details:
Patient ratios are 1:4 on days through 2300 and 1:5-6 on nights after 2300.
Patients include cardiac medical and surgical cases, including post-cath-lab stent, pacemaker, ICD, Watchman, MitraClip, and TAVR cases; post-cardiac-surgery CABG and valve replacement cases; and patients with AFib, chest pain, CHF, arrhythmias, syncope, and bradycardia requiring a temporary pacemaker.
RNs are required to titrate drips; however, there are no vasopressors.
Common titratable and set-rate drips include nitroglycerin, heparin, diltiazem, amiodarone, Lasix, Bumex, and dobutamine.
A 24/7 central telemetry unit monitors all non-critical-care patients and performs the strips.
RT is available 24/7 and provides nebulizers and inhalers. RNs are responsible for incentive spirometry. RT assists with CPAP, BiPAP, and Vapotherm/high-flow.
Shift & Scheduling:
Every other weekend and every other holiday is required.
Self-scheduling is not available.
A Friday/Saturday/Sunday schedule option is available.
No call is required unless it is an extra shift.
Floating Requirements:
Floating is required as needed based on unit census.
Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.
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