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Location: Denver, Colorado
Employment Type: Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Hours per Week: 36

Unit: 3rd Floor Medical/Telemetry
Beds: 18
Staff: 32 total (Day and Night shifts include Charge nurses, RNs, and 1 Patient Care Technician each)
Patient Ratio: 5:1 RN to patient
Equipment: Philips Monitors, Alaris Pumps, Dopplers, Welch-Allyn VS machines, Mobilab, Glucometers
EMR System: Meditech

Provide nursing care on a telemetry unit with a focus on acute care patients.
Typical procedures include minimally invasive surgeries, colectomy, ostomy creation and takedown, artificial airway creation and management, podiatry, and plastics.
Common patient diagnoses: CHF, COPD, cellulitis, sepsis, DKA, pneumonia.
Proficiency in tracheostomy and ostomy care is required.
Work environment is busy and fast-paced, requiring flexibility to shift priorities.
Team-oriented with a focus on good patient outcomes.
Opportunity to precept and coach new nurses.
Core staff work 4 weekend shifts per schedule period; travelers are typically scheduled similarly.

Note: Prior travel experience is not explicitly required for this position.

Facility

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ADDRESS1719 East Nineteenth AvenueDenver, CO 80218

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