Med Surg RN
Augusta, Georgia
University Hospital

Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical

Location: Augusta, Georgia Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 15 weeks Guarantee: 36 or 48 hour guarantee Shift: Night, 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM (4 x 12-hour shifts, 48 hours per week)

Unit and Assignment

• Unit: 42-bed medical-surgical unit, mostly post-surgical patients
• Patient population: Adults to geriatrics
• Case mix: Ortho, spine, urology, colorectal, bariatrics, neurology, and general surgery patients
• Ratio/census: 1:6, 42 rooms
• Floating: Yes, within facility and scope of practice as needed
• Software familiarity: Epic (listed as required), Pyxis, SBAR
• Scrub color: Navy blue
• Duties: RNs perform their own vital sign and blood glucose checks for the present time.
• Housing: Not stated.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Georgia
• Med Surg experience (2 years)
• Med Surg experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with Surgical patients
• Experience working with Orthopedics patients
• Experience working with Spine patients
• Experience working with Bariatric patients
• Experience working with Neurology patients
• Experience working with General Surgery patients
• Experience with Epic

Other Requirements and Logistics

• Compliance: Full compliance is required to start on time. If not compliant in time, the start is pushed back 2 weeks because of the bi-weekly orientation schedule.
• Orientation: Non-billable orientation hours are determined by contract length.
• Residence to work: Return to office maximum of 7 days
• Weekends: Every other weekend unless specified elsewhere
• Holidays: Traveler is expected to work holidays in the assignment period as follows: 1 major holiday is worked; if 2 fall in the period, both are worked; if 3 fall in the period, 2 are worked. Major holidays are Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday, Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day.
• Call: Not specified
• Locals: Accepted