Job description

STEPDOWN NURSE:

• Evaluate and monitor patient’s progress, exceptional assessment skills
• Identify sudden or subtle changes in the patient’s medical condition
• Calculating drug dosage, titrating medication doses, administering continuous medication infusion and monitoring patients for effects of medication
• Maintain patient hemodynamic stability with proper nursing interventions as ordered
• Working closely and collaborating with physcians and all other healthcare providers
• Prepares, administers and records any additional prescribed medications
• Prepares equipment and assist the physician with bedside procedures
• Monitoring patients before, during, and after invasive procedures
• Provide emotional support to acutely ill patients and their families.
• Recognizing the signs and symptoms of cardiopulmonary and respiratory emergencies and knowing how to start standard interventions to stabilize the patient
• Recording symptoms, reactions, and progress
• Developing, planning, implementing, evaluating, documenting, and managing nursing care
• Patient and family education skills
• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
• Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs
• Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
• Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting

Job Types: Full-time, Travel nursing, Contract

Pay: Up to $2,300.00 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Weekly schedule:

• 3x12
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

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