Local Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) job in Hammond, LA

Location: Hammond, LA (70403)
Company: Gifted Healthcare
Industry: Healthcare
Job Type: Full Time
Posted: 12 days ago
Reposted: 5 days ago

The Gifted Healthcare Experience

Gifted Healthcare is an award-winning travel nursing agency that offers nursing contracts at premier healthcare facilities across the United States. Gifted Healthcare believes in the power one person has to make a difference in a patient's care, inspiring Gifted\'s mission to help nurses thrive and advance their careers by providing exceptional job opportunities, day one benefits, and 24/7 support.

Join Gifted and enjoy memorable experiences at and away from the bedside while advancing your career on your terms!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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 j ob responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Evaluate and monitor patient's progress, id entify ing sudden or subtle changes in the patient's medical condition
  • Calculat e drug dosage, titrate medication doses, administer continuous medication infusion and monitor patients for effects of medication
  • Stepdown RNs work closely and collaborate with physicians and all other healthcare professionals

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