RN (Registered Nurse)

Neuro Stepdown & EMU - Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Submission Requirements: Can only submit to 1 position at a time across the entire WVU system. Driver’s license address must be outside 50 miles from the facility. Previous perm candidates must be gone for 2 years. Previous travelers there for 1 full year must be gone for 2 years. Individual unit requirements listed in pulse apply. Travel teams must be submitted together in 1 email. We 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 up. Any license hits must be disclosed at time of submission. COVID 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 denied. EPIC experience required.

Unit 10 EAST (Neuro Stepdown & EMU - Epilepsy Monitoring Unit) # of beds 31. Total Bed (25 are Stepdown, 6 EMU). Ratios "1:3 for Stepdown Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Inpatient Step Down Unit. Nurse:Patient Ratio = 1:3 1:5-6 for Floor (EMU)". Required Certifications "BLS is required, ACLS & NIHSS are preferred NOTE: This unit would require all Stepdown qualified RN's". Common diagnoses/Types of patients Higher 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's.

Experience or 'Must have' skills Need to have overall strong neuro experience. Are 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 drips Amiodarone, Cardizem, Nitro, dopamine, Nipride, Ketamine, Lasix, Bumex, Insulin.

Charge Nurse/House Supervisor Charge Nurse 24/7 Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios "Yes - 4 per shift Ratios 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 strips.

Shifts & 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.