Travel or Local Stepdown RN Job in Hammond, Louisiana

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Stepdown Nurses (RN) provide patient care in transitional units where patients are too sick for the med-surg floor but not sick enough for intensive care. Stepdown RNs job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

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• Evaluate and monitor patient’s progress, identifying sudden or subtle changes in the patient’s medical condition
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• Calculate drug dosage, titrate medication doses, administer continuous medication infusion and monitor patients for effects of medication
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• Stepdown RNs work closely and collaborate with physicians and all other healthcare professionals
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Shift: 3x12 Nights