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

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN Specialty: Neuro Med-Surg Acute Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Nights Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 1 year License: Active state license required Certifications: BLS, NIHSS Must-Have: Level 1 trauma experience Previous travel experience Prior experience working on a dedicated neuro unit Description: This position involves working in a Neuro Med-Surg Acute setting. Patients commonly have diagnoses such as stroke, spine surgery, seizures, brain tumors, head injuries, and other neuroscience-related conditions.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN Specialty: Neuro Med-Surg Acute Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Nights Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 1 year License: Active state license required Certifications: BLS, NIHSS Must-Have: Level 1 trauma experience Previous travel experience Prior experience working on a dedicated neuro unit Description: This position involves working in a Neuro Med-Surg Acute setting. The unit has 54 beds, including 2 semi-private rooms. During day shifts, the nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:4-5, while night shifts have a ratio of 1:5-6. Patients commonly have diagnoses such as stroke, spine surgery, seizures, brain tumors, head injuries, and other neuroscience-related conditions. Nurses are required to titrate drips, specifically Heparin titrated based on PTT, and must have heparin drip experience. There is a charge nurse and house supervisor available 24/7, with the charge nurse not taking assignments unless absolutely necessary. Patient care techs and nurse aids are present on the unit, with day and evening ratios of 1:9-10 and night ratios of 1:10-12. High flow oxygen is only administered for stable COVID cases, which are rare on this unit. Telemetry is managed house-wide, and nurses are not required to read their own strips. Staff members typically work 12-hour shifts with a weekend requirement of every other weekend. Holiday requirements include working every other holiday. Staff may float to general units but will only undertake skills they are competent in when floating outside the general unit. No specific scrub color requirement exists, but tattoos must be covered while on duty, and only ear piercings are permitted. Orientation includes 2 days dedicated to unit-specific training and patient care with an educator and preceptor.