Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg

As travel nurses ourselves, we understand all the reasons to avoid taking an assignment with an agency you've never worked with before. We want to reward you for giving us a chance, so when you sign for your first assignment (of 13 weeks or more) with us from now until August 31st we will include a $1,000 bonus on your first paycheck.

Ratios: 1:5or 6 day shift;  night shift can be 1:5,6 or 7 Required certifications: CPR required for all direct care givers;  ACLS preferred for RN’s Common diagnoses/Types of patients: 3 west diabetics, COPD, pneumonia, sepsis, CHF. Renal disease, surgical patients, COVID patients. Both units could have MRSA, CDT, VRE Experience or 'Must have' skills: Telemetry, EKG preferred, Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes  Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Cardizem, Heparin, sometimes Insulin, occasional Levophed if maintaining critical patient until transfer to ICU Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: All shifts have charge nurse. House supervisor also on all shifts for the entire hospital Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: 3 west plan calls for 2 aides both day shift and night shift RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): Cpap, Bipap, 3 west may have long term vents (not required experience) ; may have acute vent on unit while waiting on critical care bed to open  Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips?: Telemetry on both units; we have monitor techs working in central cockpit that helps oversee all tele pts on the med surg units Shifts & Scheduling: 7am to 7pm & 7pm to 7am shifts Weekend Requirement: Staff work every other weekend Holiday Requirement: Holidays are scheduled; only rotate Christmas and Christmas Eve Is there a call or standby requirement?: On call shifts are available and scheduled; take volunteers first for the call shift Floating Requirements: Staff must float to other med surg units, ER and critical care