Travel Nurse RN - Medical-Surgical - $2,164 per week in Weirton, WV
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$2,164–$2,164
SKILLS
Basic Life Support (BLS), Epic Systems, Health Informatics, Heparin, Identify Issues, Nursing, Patient Care, Pneumonia, Registered Nurse (RN), Respiratory Therapy, Surgical Nursing, Telemetry, Titration
LOCATION
Weirton, WV
POSTED
1 day ago
TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified Med/Surg RN in Weirton, West Virginia, 26062!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN (Registered Nurse)
Specialty: Medical Surgical
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-Hour Nights
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience
License: RN License required
Certifications: BLS Certification required
Must-Have:
Must have 1 year of experience.
Will accept first-time travelers.
Description:
Unit has 48 beds.
Nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:5-7 on days and 1:6-8 on nights.
Common diagnoses include pneumonia, urinary tract infections, altered mental status, gastrointestinal bleed, alcohol withdrawal, and falls/weakness.
RNs will be expected to titrate drips, with some exceptions.
Common titratable and/or set rate drips include heparin, bumex, and lasix.
Two charge nurses are scheduled on day shift and will take a patient assignment.
At night when only one charge nurse is scheduled, they do not take an assignment.
Patient care technicians are present with an average ratio of 1:10-12, but this can be higher.
Job duties include monitoring vital signs, blood glucose monitoring, electrocardiograms, applying heart monitors, bathing, feeding, toileting, turning, and positioning.
Respiratory therapy will administer breathing treatments, inhalers, arterial blood gases, and manage respiratory equipment such as BiPAP and CPAP.
Registered nurses are primarily responsible for monitoring, while respiratory therapists perform checks.
Monitor technicians read and supervise telemetry, providing alerts if issues arise.
Nurses are not expected to read and interpret telemetry strips.
Shift scheduling does not allow self-scheduling or block scheduling.
Schedules are created by management, considering requested time off.
Travel staff are expected to be flexible in order to fill schedule gaps.
Floating to other units may be required for lower acuity patients.
Scrub color for RNs is navy blue, and for patient care technicians is ceil blue.
Holiday rotations may be required, with scheduling done through rotation.
Cancellation policy allows for a limited number of shift cancellations per assignment length.
The charting system utilized is EPIC.
A BSN is not required for this position.
No standby or call requirement exists for this role.
Every other weekend is required.