Medical-Surgical RN
Evansville, IN
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Evansville, Indiana
• Primary location: Midtown
• 13-week contract
• 12-hour nights, 6:30 PM - 7:00 AM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week; may accept 48 hours upon request
• Bi-weekly orientation

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Med Surg (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Strong neuro assessment skills
• Log rolling patients
• Applying assistive devices (back brace, immobilizer)
• PIV insertion
• Orthopedics experience
• Trauma experience
• Experience with Epic

Preferred

• Chest tube/indwelling drain management
• Drips: heparin, lasix, protonix
• Epidural management
• PEGs/NGs
• Buck’s traction
• Pin site care
• On-Q management
• CIWA/BH
• Wounds: packing, wound vacs
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills
• Hard worker
• Resilient and manages change well
• Social candidates

Unit Details

• Ortho Neuro Trauma Care Center
• 44-bed unit
• Patient population includes trauma, ortho, and neuro patients

Schedule and Float

• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday
• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Newburgh (IN) campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson (KY)
• 2-hour notice for cross-campus float
• Mid-shift float within the same campus
• Cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible

Additional Notes

• No local candidates within 40 miles
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new-hires
• Navy blue scrubs
• No competing health systems or agency logos
• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change