Travel Nurse RN - PCU in Chesapeake, VA

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse

**Job Specialty:** Step Down

**Job Duration:** 13 weeks, with possible extension

**Shift:** Day Shift, 3x12-Hour (07:00 - 19:30), with weekdays, every other weekend, float, and holidays within the contract

**Guaranteed Hours:** Information not provided

**Experience:** 3 years preferred; travel experience preferred (strong candidates with less experience will be considered)

**License:** In hand preferred; temporary license process needs to be started prior to applying

**Certifications:**- BLS and ACLS required (via American Heart Association)- NIHSS required

**Must-Have:**- EPIC proficiency- Driving license for address verification

**Job Description:**

- Stepdown RN needed for a general Step Down Unit (SDU) with a variety of patient populations- Patient types include pulmonary acute respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, and/or CHF exacerbation; cardiac - NSTEMI/STEMI not requiring ICU level care and/or downgrade from ICU, +/- cardiac cath, CHF/CMO requiring BIPAP/diuresis, AFIB with RVR requiring Cardizem/Amio gtt, or complete heart block awaiting AICD/Pacemaker; sepsis not requiring pressors; minor trauma hip/femur/ankle fracture s/p fall; CIWA; DKA requiring insulin gtt; occasional vascular surgery and/or post-op complications from MedSurg- Typical ratios are 1:4, sometimes 1:5- Skills required: vents, IV start, Telemetry, PA lines, Conscious Sedation, Neuro IV titration, Insulin IV experience, strong Neuro experience required- Must be willing to float- EKG Testing is required, with one attempt and no remediation available; a score of 80% or higher is needed to pass

**Additional Information:**

- Flu vaccine required, with medical/religious exemptions and declinations allowed- Any history of fit test issues will eliminate a candidate from consideration, no exceptions