Travel Nurse RN - Medical-Surgical - $2,311 per week in Peoria, IL

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN (Registered Nurse) Specialty: Surgical Acute - Medical Surgical Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Nights Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 1 year License: Active Illinois license or confirmation that application process has been initiated Certifications: BLS (Basic Life Support) Must-Have: Post-operative care of patients Critical thinking skills Ability to ask for help when needed Good bedside manner Team player Description: The unit has 63 beds, comprising of 49 private rooms and 9 observation beds. Common patient diagnoses include post-operative surgical cases, trauma, overflow medical, dressing changes, wound care, IV therapy, pain management, drains, NG tubes, central lines, and TPN.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN (Registered Nurse) Specialty: Surgical Acute - Medical Surgical Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Nights Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 1 year License: Active Illinois license or confirmation that application process has been initiated Certifications: BLS (Basic Life Support) Must-Have: Post-operative care of patients Critical thinking skills Ability to ask for help when needed Good bedside manner Team player Description: The unit has 63 beds, comprising of 49 private rooms and 9 observation beds. Nurse to patient ratios are 4-5 patients per RN during days and 5-6 patients per RN during nights. Ratios may increase to 1:6 during days and 1:7 during nights if absolutely necessary. Common patient diagnoses include post-operative surgical cases, trauma, overflow medical, dressing changes, wound care, IV therapy, pain management, drains, NG tubes, central lines, and TPN. RNs are not required to titrate drips, with the exception of heparin. A charge nurse and house supervisor are present on each shift. Charge nurses do not take patient assignments. There are patient care techs available, with ratios of 7-10 patients per tech during days and 10-15 during nights. Patient care techs assist with vital signs, accu checks, activities of daily living, turning, and ambulation. RNs are not required to handle ventilators, but manage CPAP and high-flow oxygen as respiratory therapy oversees nebulizers. Telemetry services are available, but RNs do not read their own strips; this task is managed by central station monitor techs. Weekends will be required every other weekend, covering both Saturday and Sunday. Holiday rotation will also be necessary, covering every other holiday. Travelers are the first to float to units with the same level of experience. When floating from an ICU unit to a general unit, the traveler will take a team of three patients. Scrub color is not specified, and any color is acceptable. There will be unit-specific orientation with a preceptor and an additional shift for system and professional orientation.