Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,114 per week at Heart of America Medical Center
Rugby, ND 58368
About the Job
- # Beds: 18 but only able to staff 10 max at this time; all private rooms.
- Required certifications: BLS required; ACLS & NIH Stroke Education preferred.
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: None are common, most used is Cardizem.
Certification Details
- Community Hospital outside of Minot, North Dakota, is seeking an Acute Care Travel Nurse for day shift coverage. Great area for a travel assignment!
Job Details
- Required certifications: BLS required; ACLS & NIH Stroke Education preferred.
- Experience: IV experience; knowledge of EPIC system preferred.
- It is rare, but we prefer RNs to have the ability to assist in ER as back up if EMS is out on a call.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes, for a short period of time, but not common practice.
- The ER nurse is more familiar with starting them and will assist as needed in the event a drip is ordered.
Job Requirements
- Shifts & Scheduling: Our staff self-schedule but contract staff will be given schedules around already made schedules.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend typically for contracted staff.
- Holiday Requirement: Rotation ½ on ½ off.
Schedule Information
- Are there tele/monitor techs on this unit?: No monitor techs. RN's must read and interpret their own strips. Phillips brand.
Unit Specific Information
- - Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:6 or less typically on both days and nights; 1:8 rarely on nights (depending on acuity/staffing).
- - Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Pneumonia, Rehab, UTI, general post op, pain control, general medical, aspiration, fractures, dementia, falls, etc.
- - Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit?: Yes
- - RT Equipment: No RT at this facility.
- - Floating Requirements: No
- - Scrub Color/Dress Code: Any color or pattern, scrubs not provided.
- - Unit/Department specific orientation: 1 full 12 hour shift with a preceptor.
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