Travel Nurse RN - Orthopedics - $1,818 per week at Health Creighton University Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68197
About the Job
- BLS required
- ACLS preferred
Certification Details
- Facility in Eastern Nebraska is looking for several traveling Med-Surg nurses.
- 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.
Job Details
- 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: Heparin, lidocaine, and ketamine
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: PCA pumps
- RN's should have some tele awareness
Job Requirements
- 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.
Schedule Information
- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:5-6
- 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
Unit Specific Information
- ACLS Preferred, BLS
- 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
Additional Details