Responsibilities\n\nStepdown 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 : \n
- Evaluate and monitor patient's progress, identifying sudden or subtle changes in the patient's medical condition\n
- Calculate drug dosage, titrate medication doses, administer continuous medication infusion and monitor patients for effects of medication\n
- Stepdown RNs work closely and collaborate with physicians and all other healthcare professionals Shift : 3x12 Nights