Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,280 per week in Reno, NV

Registered Nurse (RN) | Telemetry
Location: Reno, NV
Agency: Malone Healthcare
Pay: $2,280 per week
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients on a 38-bed telemetry unit, utilizing the nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Monitor and manage patients with diagnoses including CHF, alcohol withdrawal, NSTEMI, sepsis, dysrhythmias, pneumonia, COPD, and post-procedure care (pacemakers, ablations, cath lab, and OHS patients downgraded from ICU)
• Administer and manage non-titratable cardiac medication drips (e.g., Cardizem, Lasix, Nitroglycerin)
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team including CNAs, Critical Care Techs, Advanced Care Techs, Rapid Response Team, phlebotomists, EKG technicians, and Respiratory Therapists
• Float as needed to ICUs (for telemetry/medically appropriate assignments), medical-surgical units, and other campus locations up to competency level
• Pass a telemetry competency exam including identification and measurement of rhythm strips prior to or upon start

• Active Nevada RN license required prior to start date
• BLS certification (AHA) required
• ACLS certification (AHA) required
• NIHSS certification (APEX) required
• Minimum 2 years of telemetry nursing experience
• Prior travel nursing experience of at least one completed 13-week assignment required

• Experience caring for post-procedure cardiac patients including pacemaker, ablation, and cath lab patients
• Familiarity with cardiac drip management in a high-acuity telemetry environment
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume acute care setting

• Opportunity to work at a Level II Trauma Center and regionally recognized acute care facility serving a large and diverse patient population in northern Nevada
• Join a well-supported telemetry unit with dedicated monitoring techs providing 24/7 ECG rhythm surveillance and robust ancillary support staff