Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Bowling Green, KY
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

**Must have chemo experience**
**will need to get ONS Chemotherapy Provider card prior to starting**

Position/Specialty: Oncology/Chemotherapy
Start date: ASAP
Ratios: 1:6
Years of Experience REQ: N/A
First-timers Accepted: Y with good experience and Chemotherapy knowledge
Weekend REQ: Every other weekend
Certs REQ: ONS chemotherapy (can obtain after starting), BLS
Is on-call REQ? No but may be placed on call occasionally for scheduled shifts if over (highly unlikely)
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes
Open to accommodating block schedule? Yes when allows
Locals accepted: 65 mile rad
Pending License accepted? N
RTO Restrictions: must work weeks of holidays and fall break at minimum 2 shifts
Guaranteed Hours: would like someone at 48 hrs
Special Requirements: none

Looking for following skills:
Inpatient oncology
Active Immunotherapy Specific/Non Specific
Recognize/manage side effects
Administration of chemotherapy
Body fluid handling post Chemotherapy
Management/disposal cytotoxic spills
Monitor chemotherapy
Recognize/ communicate abnormal lab values
Accessing Ports
Administration of coagulation factors
Blood/Blood product administration
Care and management of ports
Central line blood draw
Central Line/Implanted Line Care
PICC line care
Starting IVs
Medications:
Antiemetic
Corticosteroids
Neupogen
Hormonal therapy
Acute Tumor Lysis Syndrome (ATLS)
Anaphylaxis
Extravasation injury
Hemorrhage
Sepsis
Spinal Cord Compression
Pain Management
IV push narcotic agents
Medication tolerance/dependence assessment
PCA pump management
Transdermal patches
Professional Knowledge and Skills
Chest tube care and management
Colostomy care and management
Foley catheter insertion/management
Isolation Precautions
Neutropenic precautions
Phlebotomy skills
Telemetry Interpretation
Telemetry monitoring
Tracheostomy care/management
Wound care
Psychosocial Care
Advanced directives
Hospice care
Patient/Family education and support
Withholding/withdrawing treatment
Radiation therapy
External Radiation therapy (Teletherapy)
Radiation safety precautions
Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
Wound care
Symptom management
Alteration in skin and mucous membranes
Altered mental status
Constipation/diarrhea
Dysphagia
Edema
Nausea/vomiting
Neuropathy
Surgery
Post surgical care