Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $2,293 per week

Company: Health Creighton University Medical Center
Location: Omaha
Posted on: November 20, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Certifications: 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
    • BLS required.
    • ACLS preferred.
    • Nurses are successful on this unit when they can manage the business of the day, have good attendance, are a team player, friendly, compassionate, and cares about patients first.
      • Schedule Information
      • The shift will be twelve hours, 13-26 Week Contacts, 36-48 hour guarantee's.
      • SELF SCHEDULING. 0630-1900, 1830-0700. Travelers will be scheduled.
      • Will approve a limited amount of block scheduling.
      • Every other weekend.
      • 2-3 Holidays from Thanksgiving to New Years.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • # of Beds: 55.
        • 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.
        • How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 2 days.
          • Additional Details
          • Are RN's required to titrate drips?: Heparin, lidocaine, and ketamine.
          • Common titratable &/or set rate drips: PCA pumps.
          • Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Yes.
          • Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: Yes- 1:10-20.
          • Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RN's required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: Tele techs will interpret, RNs should have some tele awareness.
          • Floating Requirements: Yes to other medical surgical areas or units with MedSurg patients waiting for a MedSurg bed.
          • Scrub Color/Dress Code/Scrubs Provided?: RNs: Navy Blue.
          • Have mechanical lifts in every other room, Big focus on hourly rounding and responsiveness.
          • This unit typically has multiple discharged and admissions in one day.
          • They serve patients of all cultures on this unit including Spanish, Karen, Burmeese.
          • Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity.
          • RTO needed upfront (7 or less days per 13 week contract). Additional RTO will not be approved, including after submissions.

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