Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $2,046 per week Job Listing at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE (Job ID 5162512-2024-10-28)

Description

Certification Details
• BLS required
• ACLS preferred

Job Details
• Facility in Eastern Nebraska is looking for several traveling Med-Surg nurses. The hospital is looking for both day and night shift coverage.

Job Requirements
• ACLS Preferred, BLS
• Nurses are successful on this unit when they can manage the busyness of the day, have good attendance, are a team player, friendly, compassionate, and put patients first.

Schedule Information
• The shift will be twelve hours, 36-48 hour guarantees.
• Shifts: 0630-1900, 1830-0700
• Travelers will be scheduled. Will approve a limited amount of block scheduling
• Every other weekend requirement
• Holiday Requirements: 1 major, 1 minor

Unit Specific Information
• Mechanical lifts in every other room
• Big focus on hourly rounding and responsiveness
• This unit typically has multiple discharges and admissions in one day
• They serve patients of all cultures on this unit including Spanish, Karen, Burmese

Additional Details
• Department: Med Tele / Ortho RN - 4th Floor North & South
• Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:5-6
• Common diagnosis / Types of patients: MedSurg/Tele- joint replacements, fractures, colon resections, COPD exacerbation, prostatectomy, cellulitis, sepsis, ortho trauma, GI bleeds, pneumonia, failure to thrive
• RN's required to titrate drips such as Heparin, lidocaine, and ketamine
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips: PCA pumps
• Charge Nurse on each shift, who may take an assignment
• Nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit with duties and ratios
• Tele/Monitor Techs on the unit, RN's should have some tele awareness
• Scrubs Color/Dress Code: RNs: Navy Blue
• Unit/department specific orientation: 2 days
• Floating Requirements: Yes to other medical surgical areas or units with MedSurg patients waiting for a MedSurg bed