Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Ketchum, ID
Talent4Health
3x12 hrs, Nights

Required Certifications
RN ID/Conpact license ACLS, BLS, PALS 
Shift Notes
nights 3x12 

Required Experience & Skills

• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• Strong MedSurg and Pediatric MedSurg experience required
• Orthopedic and post-op experience (total joints strongly preferred)
• Comfortable mixing medications
• Strong clinical skill set required

Travel RN – MedSurg (Peds & Adult)

Department: MedSurg | RN
Unit: MedSurg – Floor 2
Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Contract: Travel
Radius Rule: 50 miles

Unit Overview

• 19-bed MedSurg unit
• 2 rooms can overflow to critical care (pressors such as norepi or levo may be used prior to transfer with administrative supervisor support)
• Average census: 9 (fluctuates)
• Patient population: Pediatric & Adult (ages 0–100+)

Nurse-to-Patient Ratios

• Acuity-based staffing
• Average 1:5 max for MedSurg
• Typically 4 RNs per shift (Mon–Fri)

Patient Types & Diagnoses

• Post-op orthopedic patients
• Ski trauma & fractures
• Total joints (hips, knees, shoulders)
• GYN surgical patients (e.g., hysterectomies)
• COVID, SBO
• Vapotherm, high-flow O₂
• Chest tubes, surgical drains
• Wound care
• Telemetry

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• PALS

Drips & Monitoring

• RN required to titrate drips
• Common drips include:
  • Heparin
  • Set-rate Cardizem & Amiodarone
  • Initiation of pressors for critical patients prior to transfer
• RNs responsible for telemetry interpretation, rhythm recognition, and strip measurement

Support Staff & Resources

• Charge nurse each shift (typically no patient assignment; may take 2–3 patients as needed)
• CNAs:
  • Days: 1–2
  • Nights: 1
• Virtual care team for each room (admissions, discharges, Tele-ICU)
• RT equipment available: vent for stabilization, Vapotherm, CPAP, BiPAP

Scheduling & Requirements

• Self-scheduling with core staff
• Weekend & holiday requirements shared equitably
• Call/standby: up to twice per contract
• Floating: helping hands or safety attendant only (no floating to other departments); tasking as needed

Orientation

• 2 unit-specific orientation shifts

Scrubs

• Any color scrubs allowed