Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Show Low, Arizona, United States

Position ID: P-748226

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 2

$2,339.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a night-shift RN for a Med Surg/Progressive Care unit requiring telemetry experience and an active AZ or compact RN license.

Details

Acute care Med Surg/Progressive Care (stepdown) unit with 18 beds, including 6 PCU-capable beds, all private rooms.

Unit may house COVID patients using temporary walls and a dedicated air handling system.

RN to patient ratios are 1:4 for Med Surg and 1:3 for PCU/Stepdown.

Charge nurse available 24/7 and takes patients as needed.

Support staff includes telemetry techs, HUCs, PCTs, and CNAs.

Common diagnoses include AMI, stroke/TIA, pneumonia, renal failure/dialysis, afib RVR, SIRS, and diabetes.

Uses Philips telemetry monitors with a dedicated monitor tech room; nurses validate monitor tech interpretations and document at least every 4 hours.

Administers medications such as Cardizem, amiodarone, Bumex, Lasix, Integrilin, octreotide, and Protonix.

No ventilators on unit; high flow O2 used for COVID stepdown patients and home CPAP for others.

Hospitalist, respiratory therapy, and pharmacy available 24/7; no IV team.

Charts using the Allscripts EMR.

Night shift schedule with 3x12-hour shifts and a 36-hour per week guarantee.

Every other weekend required (Fri/Sat nights or Sat/Sun days).

May float to other Med Surg units.

Requirements

Active RN license (AZ or Compact) required.

BLS and ACLS certification through AHA required.

NIHSS certification required.

2 years of RN experience required, 3 years preferred.

1-2 years of telemetry experience required, including MedSurg acute care setting experience.

Additional Information

Provide direct patient care within a stepdown telemetry unit, monitoring cardiac and acute medical patients.

Receive a 2-3 day orientation with a preceptor.

Nurse managers conduct rounds but do not provide direct patient care.

Cancellation policy allows up to 3 cancellations per 13-week assignment.