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

ACLS preferred

The hospital is looking for both day and night shift coverage.

The shift will be twelve hours.

13-26 Week Contracts, 36-48 hour guarantee's.

RN's required to titrate drips: Heparin, lidocaine, and ketamine

Common titratable &/or set rate drips: PCA pumps

RN's should have some tele awareness

Travelers will be scheduled.

Will approve a limited amount of block scheduling

Every other weekend

2-3 Holidays from Thanksgiving to New Years.

Charge Nurse on each shift; charge nurse may take an assignment

Nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit

Tele/Monitor 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

How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 2 days

Department: Med Tele / Ortho RN - 4th Floor North & South

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

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 cares about patients first

They serve patients of all cultures on this unit including Spanish, Karen, Burmese

Radius Rule: 50 miles

RTO needed upfront (7 or less days per 13 week contract). Additional RTO will not be approved, including after submissions