Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Sherwood, AR

Travel assignment, 6 weeks, 12hr nights, 48 hours a week, starting November 2, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,480 a week in all, a taxable rate of $23.33 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Medical Surgical Floor is an acute-care nursing position supporting medical-surgical and telemetry patients. The role provides overnight clinical care in a two-unit setting, with responsibilities including heparin titration, telemetry monitoring, and support of continuous positive airway pressure and high-flow equipment. The assignment includes weekend and holiday coverage and may require floating based on unit needs.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); minimum of 1 year of experience.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Provides care for medical-surgical and telemetry patients in an acute setting with typical nurse-to-patient ratios of 4:1. Responsibilities include titration of heparin, telemetry strip interpretation, and troubleshooting continuous positive airway pressure and high-flow equipment. Weekend coverage includes four weekends within six weeks, along with one major and one minor holiday. Navy scrubs are required, and unit-specific orientation consists of one to two shifts.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits