Travel Medical Surgical RN - $2,319 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/31/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
• Hours: 48 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 31, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Med/Surg RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring 1 year of recent experience and NM or compact RN license.

Details

• Medical Surgical unit with 32 beds
• Night shift, 4x12 hours (18:30-7:00)
• Nurse to patient ratio of 1:6
• Rapid response team activation as part of unit duties
• No on-call requirements
• Floating to like units required, based on facility needs, with brief orientation provided
• Weekend requirement of 6 weekend shifts within 6 weeks
• Uses Epic charting system
• 36 or 48 hour scheduling options, with anything over 48 hours considered overtime

Requirements

• Active NM or compact RN license required, pending compact accepted if obtained prior to start
• BLS certification required, CPI preferred
• Minimum 1 year of recent Med/Surg experience required
• First-time travelers accepted with minimum 24 months of nursing experience
• Epic charting experience preferred
• Skilled in IV therapy, phlebotomy, blood product administration, central line blood draws, PICC line management, and peripheral line care
• Experience with chest tubes (Emerson/PleurEvac), high flow nasal cannula, oxygen administration, and non-invasive airway management
• Experience with colostomy/ileostomy care and feeding tube management
• Experience managing CVA patients preferred
• Skilled in administration of Heparin, Insulin, and PCA medications
• Experience with isolation precautions/PPE and wound care/wound vac
• Experience with pre/post hemodialysis management and renal failure care
• Experience managing surgical drains

Additional Information

• Provide direct medical-surgical nursing care within a 32-bed unit
• Participate in rapid response team activations as needed
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility, as local candidates are not accepted
• Former staff must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler
• No travel pairs or groups accepted
• No more than 3 days of RTO will be auto-approved, and no RTO is permitted during the first week of orientation
• Travelers must complete required lab work within 48 business hours of contract signing
• Onsite orientation includes non-billable modules, averaging 4-6 hours for RNs
• First-time travelers welcome to apply with minimum 24 months of nursing experience

American Traveler Job ID #P-727643. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Med/Surg

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