Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry
Wilmington, North Carolina
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Ratios: 1:6 for floor for surgical/medicine inpatient patients.

Shift: 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted. If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.

Unit will accept contracts from 13 weeks+ up to March 15, 2025 (hard stop) to get the unit through the holidays!!

RTO: 7 days MAX

Float Requirement: when needed to like units

Weekend Requirement: every other weekend

Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster.

Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed

PATIENT DIAGNOSES: Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma: Cellulitis, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Gun Shots, Stabbings, Falls, Various Cancers, Kidney Stones, Bowel Obstruction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Limb Ischemia, Hernia, Gangrene

SPECIAL PROCEDURES/UNIT DETAILS: Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma: Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Hernia Repair, TURP, Ostomy Creation or Closure, Wound Debridement, Tumor Removal, Kidney Stone Removal, Amputations, Fem Pop Bypass

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube/Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains

UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication): Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR

Traveler Experience: Travel experience is preferred by not required

Locals Accepted/Rate Difference: Yes

Required Skills: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response Teams, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, Surgical drains, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac

Preferred Skills: titrate cardiac drips, titrate vasoactive drips, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac

If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.

RTO: 7 days MAX

Scheduling Type: Schedule as needed as needed

Unit Orientation: 2 Days of hospital orientation, 24 hours of floor training

Float Requirement: when needed to like units

Weekend Requirement: every other weekend

MUST Pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty.