Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $1,801 per week in Bossier City, LA

Job Title: Registered Nurse - Telemetry Profession: Registered Nurse Specialty: Medical Surgical/Telemetry Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Nights Hours per Shift: 36 Experience: Minimum 2 years of acute care experience License: Active RN License required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS Must-Have: Traveler will be required to pass an EKG competency exam as part of compliance prior to arrival. Occasionally, total joints (knees, hips, shoulders) and GI/abdominal surgeries (hemicolectomies, bowel resections, etc.) will be seen as post-op overflow.

Job Title: Registered Nurse - Telemetry Profession: Registered Nurse Specialty: Medical Surgical/Telemetry Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Nights Hours per Shift: 36 Experience: Minimum 2 years of acute care experience License: Active RN License required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS Must-Have: Traveler will be required to pass an EKG competency exam as part of compliance prior to arrival. Experience with wound management, JP drains, wound vacs, hemodialysis catheter care, fistulas, PCA, and pain management is required. Description: This is a new Medical Surgical/Telemetry unit in a growing facility. There are many educational opportunities available to travelers. Patient types include sepsis, cellulitis, DVT/PE, CHF, COPD, COVID, and pneumonia. Occasionally, total joints (knees, hips, shoulders) and GI/abdominal surgeries (hemicolectomies, bowel resections, etc.) will be seen as post-op overflow. Patient ratios are RN: 1:5-6 on nights and CNA: 2 per shift, unless census does not call for it. Support on the unit includes a typically free-floating charge nurse and a day shift HUC/Secretary. Phlebotomy is in-house, and RNs draw CVL/PICC/Midline. An IV/VAT team is available from 7 AM to 3 PM for PICC placement. RT is available in-house, and hospitalists are available for most patients. The charting system used is Meditech Expanse. IV pumps are Alaris, and medication dispensing is through Pyxis. Travelers will float to any Med/Surg area within the hospital. Weekend rotation is every other week. Mandatory scheduling includes working four days one week and three days the next week. Travelers must work two of three holidays during the contract period. Scrub color is pewter, with t-shirts in gray, white, or black featuring a monogram. Jackets must be gray or black, and badges must be worn above the waist and in full view at all times.