Travel Nurse RN - Stepdown
Kearney, NE
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

• Position / Title: IMC/PCU/Stepdown - RN (PCU Department)
• Facility Name: CHI Health Good Samaritan
• Location: 10 E 31st St, Kearney, NE 68847
• VMS Req ID / Job ID: 1157373 / Job ID: 876724
• Target Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Shift Details: Days (0630–1830) or Nights (1830–0630), 36 guaranteed hours per week.

What the Facility Wants (Requirements & Expectations)

Experience & Qualifications

• Competencies Required: Must be competent in Arterial Lines.
• License & Certifications: Active state RN license and required certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS.
• Radius & Employment Rules: 50-mile radius rule applies (driver's license required at submittal). Candidates cannot be active full-time, part-time, or PRN employees with any facility associated with CommonSpirit (including CHI and/or Dignity).

Clinical & Unit Overview

• Unit Details: 40-bed PCU unit (average daily census of 24).
• Patient Ratios & Care: 1:4 to 1:5 ratio on both days and nights. Patient types include cardiac med/surg, dialysis, cancer diagnoses, vascular, sepsis, adult respiratory, stroke, post-stent, post-pacer, and renal failure.
• Drips & Monitoring: Required to titrate drips (Heparin, Nitro, Dopamine, Cardizem, Amiodarone, insulin). RNs must read and interpret their own telemetry strips.
• Support Staff: CNAs/PCTs at a 1:12 ratio; charge nurses take assignments.

Scheduling & Unit Policies

• Weekends & Holidays: Every-other-weekend requirement; minimum of 2 holidays that fall within the contract timeframe. Block scheduling is not approved unless weekends only.
• RTO Policy: RTO must be provided upfront (maximum of 7 days per 13-week contract). No additional RTO will be approved post-submission.
• Call-Back & Orientation: 30-minute arrival window if called back from on-call. 1 day of unit-specific orientation, featuring an open-book pass/fail skills exam on Wednesdays during orientation (must score 90%+ to pass).
• Dress Code: Navy Blue scrubs. Strict artificial fingernail policy (refusal to remove leads to contract termination).