TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified Med/Surg RN in Franklin, Indiana, 46131!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Medical Surgical
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12H Nights
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum of 2 years
License: Required
Certifications: BLS, NIHSS
Must-Have: Charge experience, MS/PCU/Tele or CCU experience
Description:
Unit has a total of 34 beds.
Patient ratios are 1:5 during days and 1:6 during nights.
Common diagnoses include pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, orthopedic surgeries, appendicitis, cholecystectomy, diverticulitis, bowel resection, and pancreatitis.
Nurses are not required to titrate drips.
Common drips include heparin per protocol.
Charge nurses are available on both shifts.
A supervisor is available on nights.
Patient care technicians are present on both day and night shifts with a maximum ratio of 1:12.
Chronic BiPAP and CPAP equipment is utilized.
There is remote monitoring available, with monitor techs providing analysis.
Nurses are not responsible for interpreting telemetry strips.
Schedule includes self-scheduling, variable based on census and staffing availability.
Weekend rotation is required, currently mandating 4 weekend shifts every 6 weeks.
Holiday shifts are rotated based on a calendar.
If a shift is canceled, there may be a call or standby requirement.
Floating is within the medical-surgical scope of practice.
Scrub color is navy blue.
Includes one shift of clinical nursing education followed by two shifts on the unit with a preceptor.
Charting system in use is Cerner.
A bachelor's degree in nursing is not required.
Trauma level care setting is acute.