Travel Stepdown RN in Birmingham, Alabama
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Travel Stepdown RN in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Posted 4 days ago
About the job
We are hiring a Travel Stepdown RN in Birmingham, AL. The role involves caring for patients transitioning from ICU, monitoring, medicating, and collaborating with healthcare teams.
Requirements
- Evaluate patient progress
- Monitor medical condition
- Calculate drug dosages
- Work with healthcare teams
Qualifications
- RN license
- Experience in stepdown unit
- Strong monitoring skills
- Collaborative mindset
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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 job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Evaluate and monitor patient’s progress, identifying sudden or subtle changes in the patient’s medical condition
- Calculate 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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