RN Per Diem

Willis Knighton Health

Willis Knighton Pierremont

Shreveport, Louisiana

Willis Knighton Pierremont (WKP) is a Joint Commission approved Primary Stroke Center.

Posted Sep 15

Shift and hours: Night · 7pm-7am Schedule: Temporary, Night, 7pm-7am
Unit and setting: Stroke Unit · Hospital Our Stroke Unit consists of 12 beds for those stroke patients requiring intermediate care.stroke patients requiring intermediate care
License: RN license
Term: Per Diem Schedule: Temporary, Night, 7pm-7amTemporary

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Day to day: acute neurological assessments Stroke patients require acute neurological assessment skills, hemodynamic drip titrations, and many other invasive monitoring skills.
Day to day: hemodynamic drip titrations
Day to day: invasive monitoring skills
Day to day: collaborate with interdisciplinary health care delivery team, patient and family for a coordinated plan of care Our nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:3, allowing the nurse to collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care delivery team, patient and family for a coordinated plan of care.
Unit: NS-Stroke Unit WK Pierremont - 10 · NS-Stroke Unit
Unit size: 12 beds Our Stroke Unit consists of 12 beds for those stroke patients requiring intermediate care.

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Nurse to patient: 1:3 Our nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:3, allowing the nurse to collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care delivery team, patient and family for a coordstated in this posting

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Willis Knighton Health

Hospital: Willis Knighton Pierremont
Address: 8001 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA, 71115

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Willis Knighton Pierremont (WKP) is a Joint Commission approved Primary Stroke Center. Our Stroke Unit consists of 12 beds for those stroke patients requiring intermediate care. Stroke patients require acute neurological assessment skills, hemodynamic drip titrations, and many other invasive monitoring skills.

These specialized skills require critical thinking, accurate assessment abilities and exceptional communication with providers. Our nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:3, allowing the nurse to collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care delivery team, patient and family for a coordinated plan of care. WKP promotes a healthy work culture in which we expect and maintain a respectful environment for each other as well as our patients and their families.

If you are positive, collaborative, and willing to learn, we would love for you to come join our TEAM!!

Location: WK Pierremont - 10 · NS-Stroke Unit

Schedule

Temporary, Night, 7pm-7am

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Willis Knighton Pierremont · Shreveport, LA

Shreveport, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 15% below the US average

Median rent: $987/mo
Household income: $48,699/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Shreveport, LA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals commonly look at Broadmoor, Anderson Island (Anderson Isle), and Shreve Island (Shreve Isle)—walkable pockets near bars, lounges, grocery stores, gyms, and the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, with Shreveport Regional Airport close by. Highland and South Highland (Caddo Heights/South Highlands) sit about a 10-minute drive south of downtown among 20th-century historic homes, tree canopy, churches, parks, and medical centers; Facebook residents specifically praise Broadmoor, Highland, and South Highland for safety and community. Reddit relocators add north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall when they want a short drive to work. Downtown riverfront offers historic-charm lofts and luxury apartments aimed at singles; Youree Drive is the everyday retail corridor; Cross Lake and gated Southern Trace sit at the luxury end.

Nurses and young professionals commonly look at Broadmoor, Anderson Island (Anderson Isle), and Shreve Island (Shreve Isle)—walkable pockets near bars, lounges, grocery stores, gyms, and the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, with Shreveport Regional Airport close by. Highland and South Highland (Caddo Heights/South Highlands) sit about a 10-minute drive south of downtown among 20th-century historic homes, tree canopy, churches, parks, and medical centers; Facebook residents specifically praise Broadmoor, Highland, and South Highland for safety and community.

Reddit relocators add north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall when they want a short drive to work. Downtown riverfront offers historic-charm lofts and luxury apartments aimed at singles; Youree Drive is the everyday retail corridor; Cross Lake and gated Southern Trace sit at the luxury end.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: chooseshreveport.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: assurancemortgage.com Source 5: youtube.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 17 minutes, and movers’ guides flag very little car traffic versus large metros; Facebook locals treat a 20–25 minute radius as the practical target. Interstates I-20, I-220, and I-49 cross the city; LSU Health Shreveport trains and places clinicians into Willis-Knighton Health System, with Barksdale Air Force Base across the Red River in Bossier City. For a short drive to work, Reddit points to in-town Shreveport, north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall. Sources do not describe hospital parking rules or named transit lines.

Citywide average commute is about 17 minutes, and movers’ guides flag very little car traffic versus large metros; Facebook locals treat a 20–25 minute radius as the practical target. Interstates I-20, I-220, and I-49 cross the city; LSU Health Shreveport trains and places clinicians into Willis-Knighton Health System, with Barksdale Air Force Base across the Red River in Bossier City.

For a short drive to work, Reddit points to in-town Shreveport, north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall. Sources do not describe hospital parking rules or named transit lines.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: chooseshreveport.com Source 3: unitedvanlines.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: facebook.com

OutdoorsShreveport lists 63 parks spanning more than 29,000 acres, plus bayous with hiking paths and fishing and nearby scenic wildlife refuges. Named places include the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, American Rose Center, Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park, Cross Lake, Lake Caroline, Caddo Lake State Park, and the Red River itself. Gators and Friends Adventure Park and the Shreveport Aquarium add family outdoor time; fishing and hunting are regional staples, and lake weekends are a local habit. Spring and fall are the comfortable seasons to be outside; summers are hot and humid.

Shreveport lists 63 parks spanning more than 29,000 acres, plus bayous with hiking paths and fishing and nearby scenic wildlife refuges. Named places include the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, American Rose Center, Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park, Cross Lake, Lake Caroline, Caddo Lake State Park, and the Red River itself.

Gators and Friends Adventure Park and the Shreveport Aquarium add family outdoor time; fishing and hunting are regional staples, and lake weekends are a local habit. Spring and fall are the comfortable seasons to be outside; summers are hot and humid.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: chooseshreveport.com Source 2: visitshreveportbossier.org Source 3: explorelouisiana.com Source 4: apartmentguide.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: assurancemortgage.com

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Shreveport is the Red River hub of the Ark-La-Tex, where LSU Health Shreveport feeds clinicians into Willis-Knighton and typical drives run about 17 minutes on I-20, I-220, and I-49. The genuine distinction is cheap space plus a compact Southern city: median home values near $170,000, apartment rents often $772 to $1,321, historic streets in Highland and South Highland, walkable Broadmoor, Anderson Island, and Shreve Island, or a short hop to north Bossier, Benton, or Stonewall. Downtown pairs Municipal Auditorium and the Louisiana Hayride with murals, the lighted Texas Street Bridge, and riverboat casinos; Youree Drive is the daily retail spine. Eat Strawn’s icebox pie, Southern Maid Donuts, Herby-K’s po-boys, Monjuni’s, and The Blind Tiger. Sixty-three parks cover more than 29,000 acres, with Cross Lake, the American Rose Center, and Red River National Wildlife Refuge close. Tradeoffs are blunt: crime above average near the airport and casinos, mixed school reputation, humid summers in the high 90s with tornado warnings, and a declining, lower-income population. Spring and fall are the living seasons; the State Fair of Louisiana lasts 17 autumn days. It is a friendly, car-first, food-and-outdoors big small town—not a boom city.

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As of 2026Source 1: chooseshreveport.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: assurancemortgage.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: explorelouisiana.com Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: unitedvanlines.com Source 8: apartmentguide.com Source 9: reddit.com

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