RN Med/Surg Tele

Travel/Local Registered Nurse (RN) Med/Surg Tele

Position: RN Med/Surg Tele

Location: Marshfield, WI

Pay: $3650/week for 48 hrs./week

Hours per week: 48 hrs./week

Assignment Length: 13 Weeks with Possibility of Extension

Employment Type: Travel/Local

Responsibilities

• Studying patients' medical history, test results, and treatment plans.
• Tracking routine heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse oximetry measurements.
• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans in consultation with healthcare professionals.
• Evaluating medical information, as well as providing direct and individualized bedside nursing care to pre-and post-surgery patients.
• Preparing, administering and recording prescribed medications.
• Changing dressings, inserting catheters, and starting IVs.
• Monitoring, interpreting, and recording data from specialized medical technologies and equipment

Unit Notes

• Department: Med Surg RN 7N or PCU RN
• Unit - Telemetry
• Certifications Required: BLS*
• # Beds: 28-29 - Nurse:Patient Ratios: Days 1:4-5, NOCs 1:5-6
• Acute Medical can also be admitted to the department
• Experience or 'Must have' skills: 1-2 years acute care nursing experience
• Are RN's required to titrate drips: Yes following a prescribed nomogram
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Heparin. Occasionally nitro, Bivalirudin, Cardizem, insulin

Benefits and Compensation

• Health Insurance (Vision, Medical and Dental through Blue Cross)
• Referral Bonus
• 401(k) Investment Plan
• Personal assistance before, during, and after assignments
• Assistance for medical compliance requirement.