**Exciting RN Opportunity in Alaska!**
**Job Description:**
- **Position:** RN for the Step Down Unit (High Acuity Stepdown Unit) / Progressive Care
- **Unit:** Medical Intermediate Care Unit (IMC) 634
- **Shift:** 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
- **Duration:** 13 Weeks
- **Location:** Anchorage, AK
**Unit Highlights:**
- **Number of Beds:** 19
- **Staffing:**
- Day Shift: 1 Charge RN & 6 RNs
- Night Shift: 1 Charge RN & 6 RNs
- **Patient Ratios:** 3:1
- **Equipment:**
- Bedside monitors
- Alaris IV pumps
- Heated humidity high flow O2
- BiPap
- Chest tubes
- Tracheostomy
- Kangaroo feeding pumps
- Gastric tubes
- Surgical drains
- **EMR System:** EPIC
**Candidate Requirements:**
- **Required Experience:**
- 1 year of step-down ICU/IMC/PCU experience
- 1 year of telemetry/cardiac monitoring experience
- **Preferred Skills:**
- Experience with trach patients requiring continuous BiPap/long-term vent support
- Proficiency with titratable drips such as: dopamine, dobutamine, nitro, cardene, ketamine, heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone
- Experience with CIWA assessments and Alcohol/Drug withdrawal treatment
**Typical Procedures on Unit:**
- Emergent cardioversion
- Procedures requiring moderate sedation will be performed in a procedural area
**Ideal Candidate Traits:**
- Positive and team-focused
- Adaptable to quickly changing acuity
- Thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment
- Enjoys high throughput to accommodate rapid responses, ED admissions, and ICU transfers
**Required Certifications:**
- ACLS
- BLS
- NIH-SS
**Floating Areas:**
- Cardiac surgery IMC
- Med-tele
- Med-surg
- Ortho-neuro
**Dress Code:**
- Scrub Color: Navy Blue
**Unit Guidelines/Policies:**
- Physical assessments, intake, and output must be completed every 4 hours
- Hourly safety rounds
- Every two-hour positioning and ADLs as indicated
- Bedside handoff is mandatory
**Weekends and On-Call:**
- Every other weekend (alternatively 4 weekend shifts [Saturday/Sunday] per month)
- Delayed start utilized rather than on-call shifts if census is low
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