RN – Step-Down

Specialty: Step-Down
Facility: WVU JW Ruby Memorial Hospital
State License: WV
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Days 12 hour days, weekends and holidays as scheduled
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: Neuro Stepdown & EMUFacility: WVU JW Ruby Memorial HospitalState License: WVCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Days 12 hour days, weekends and holidays as scheduledGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:Submission Requirements:Can only submit to 1 position at a time across the entire WVU systemDrivers license address must be outside 50 miles from the facilityPrevious perm candidates must be gone for 2 yearsPrevious travelers there for 1 full year must be gone for 2 yearsIndividual unit requirements listed in pulse apply.Travel teams must be submitted together in 1 emailWe are only permitted to submit 2 candidates per opening, if the position is at max, we will hold on to the submission if a spot opens upANY LICENSE HITS MUST BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF SUBMISSIONCOVID VACCINE REQUIRED: Fully vaccinated means either 2 shots of Moderna or Pfizer or 1 shot of J&J; If a traveler wants to decline based on a Medical or Religious reason, please have them fill out the appropriate Exemption Form and email it to the address on the form. These should be done ASAP as they have to go through a council to be approved or deniedEPIC experience requiredUnit10 EAST (Neuro Stepdown & EMU – Epilepsy Monitoring Unit)# of beds31 Total Bed (25 are Stepdown, 6 EMU) Ratios”1:3 for StepdownRockefeller Neuroscience Institute Inpatient Step Down Unit. Nurse:Patient Ratio = 1:31:5-6 for Floor (EMU)”Required Certifications”BLS and NIHSS are required, ACLS preferred NOTE: This unit would require all Stepdown qualified RN’s”Common diagnoses/Types of patientsHigher acuity Neuroscience patients, EVDs (experience preferred; however, perm staff would probably be assigned these patients), TPA (any patient that would be 24 hours post TPA would be managed by perm staff only), Strokes, EMU, Seizures, Craniotomy’sExperience or ‘Must have’ skillsNeed to have overall strong Neuro experience, NIHSS in Hand at time of submit, History of caring for stroke patients and implementing NIHAre RNs required to titrate drips?Titration is only done by physician’s orders in a step-down setting. There may be some protocols that allow for titration, but they would educate on that. Common titratable &/or set rate dripsAmiodarone, Cardizem, Nitro, dopamine, Nipride, Ketamine, Lasix, Bumex, InsulinCharge Nurse/House SupervisorCharge Nurse 24/7Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios”Yes – 4 per shiftRatios 1:8-9″RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc.)RT is available 24/7 – States they get “floor Vents” – RN’s are not required to have vent experience. When there are floor vents they are usually on a set setting. These are managed by RT & physician. If they require changes they will go back to the ICU.Is there tele on this unit? Monitor techs? RNs read strips?There is tele on this unit – per notes from facility RN’s do not have to read stripsShifts & Scheduling”Nights – 3, 12’s from 7p-7:30a They would allow 3 shifts in a row but this is not a guarantee. Travelers need to be flexible. “Weekend RequirementEOW or 2 wknd shifts/schedule Holiday RequirementYes – travelers are expected to work into the holiday rotationIs there a call or standby requirement?Unknown Floating RequirementPossibly to 7E, 7W, 7NE, or 10WScrub Color/Dress codeRoyal Blue Unit/Department specific orientation2 shifts on the unit Cancellation Policy:2 shifts per 13 week contract Charting System:EPIC BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes, willing to wait Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:12 hour days, weekends and holidays as scheduled Required Certifications:BLS Certification, NIHSS