Med Surg / Telemetry RN
Omaha, Nebraska
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center Bergan Mercy

Registered Nurse

Location

• Omaha, Nebraska

Specialty

• Med Surg / Telemetry, Neuro unit

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Schedule

• Nights
• 12-hour shifts
• 36 hours per week
• Shift times: 6:30 PM–7:00 AM and 6:30 AM–7:00 PM
• Travelers will be scheduled
• Limited block scheduling may be approved

Required Qualifications

• RN license
• BLS (AHA)
• NIHSS
• Driver’s license required at submittal
• No license hits
• No background hits

Experience / Candidate Preferences

• Travel experience is preferred
• Strong candidates without travel experience will be considered

Unit Details

• 25 beds
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5–6
• Charge nurse on each shift
• Patient care techs available, ratio 1:10–20
• Tele techs interpret rhythms; RNs should have some telemetry awareness
• No RT equipment troubleshooting

Common Patient Population

• Med Surg / Tele patients including:

  • strokes
  • stable neurological deficits
  • post-neurosurgery patients
  • joint replacements
  • fractures
  • colon resections
  • COPD exacerbation
  • prostatectomy
  • cellulitis
  • sepsis
  • ortho trauma
  • GI bleeds
  • pneumonia
  • failure to thrive

Clinical Skills

• Titrate heparin, lidocaine, and ketamine drips
• PCA pumps used

Scheduling Requirements

• At least every other weekend
• 2–3 holidays between Thanksgiving and New Year’s

Floating

• May float to other medical-surgical areas or units with Med Surg patients waiting for a bed

Orientation

• 2 days of unit-specific orientation

Dress Code

• Navy blue scrubs

Other Requirements

• Artificial nails are prohibited in patient care areas
• Must pass an open-book orientation exam with a score of 90% or higher
• Candidates may not be full-time, part-time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity
• Must live outside a 50-mile radius
• Mechanical lifts are available in every other room