Travel Nurse RN - PCU / Stepdown - $2,400 to $2,650 per week in Redding, CA

Registered Nurse (RN) | PCU / Stepdown
Location: Redding, CA
Agency: Aptiva Corp
Pay: $2,400 to $2,650 per week
Shift Information: Days - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Open to first time travelers! 

Unit PCU/Step-down (critical care stepdown)
# Beds 14 beds/7 rooms
Charting System: CERNER
Ratios: 1:3
Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Stepdown patients from ICU, TBI/trauma patients, major surgery, CEA, sepsis
Experience or 'Must have' skills: Arterial and CVP pressure lines; titrating pressors; precedex; trach & stable vented patients
Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes
Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Precedex, dopamine, dobutamine, levophed
Shifts & Scheduling: 12Hr shifts starting at 645am/pm. 3 shifts/week. Schedules made out about 2-3 weeks in advance initially and 
then try to schedule them out 9 weeks in advance. Self-scheduling for the most part.
Weekend Requirements: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule,Days - Sat/Sun, Nightsw - Fri/Sat
Holiday Requirements: Work into perm staff rotation
Is there call or a standby requirement? No
Floating Requirements: First to float, float to Tele or MedSurg