Registered Nurse (RN) – Med/Surg

Job Details

The role involves providing care primarily to Stroke patients and other neuro-related diagnoses in a Med/Surg/Telemetry environment.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 2 years’ nursing experience with at least 1 year of direct Med/Surg experience.
• Prior travel nurse experience: must have completed at least 2 successful contracts.
• Local candidates are accepted.
• Skills required:
  • IV Start and Telemetry
  • Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
  • Experience in Med/Surg neuro
• Certifications required:
  • BCLS
  • NIH Stroke Scale
  • NIHSS
  • ACLS (preferred, not required)

Job Responsibilities

• Ratios of 1:6.
• Work schedule consists of 12-hour night shifts.
• Floating may be required to other MS/Telemetry areas, including COVID care units.
• Mandatory work every other weekend.
• Any requested time off that includes weekends will result in extending the contract to accommodate those dates.

Patient Population

The unit primarily cares for patients suffering from stroke and also manages cases related to neurosurgery, epilepsy, traumatic and non-traumatic subdural hematomas, among other neuro-related diagnoses.

Special Procedures and Unit Details

• The unit includes a 4-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU).
• Typical daily census is 42 patients with 43 available beds.

Unit Systems

• PYXIS
• EPIC
• SBAR

Orientation

There is a unit orientation period of 36 hours.

Uniform

Scrubs are navy in color.

Additional Notes

• Candidates must pass EKG testing prior to start.
• Block scheduling may not always be guaranteed.
• Med/Surg experience is mandatory.