Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $1,862 per week

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Denton, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

TRAVEL - RN Trauma Stepdown (636) / MC Denton / 7P-7A (1030641)

Unit Information: Surgical Trauma-63610

Location: Medical City Denton

Address: 3535 S. Interstate 35E

Floor: 5th floor

Building: Main

General Information

Tell us about the unit(s):

• Number of Beds - 25
• Number of Staff – 44 FTE's (57 headcount)
• Patient Ratios – 1:4 (1:5 max for stepdown)
• Type of equipment -
• EMR – Meditech
• On Call Requirement – none
• Floating Requirement - to stepdown service lines (Progressive Care Unit/Heart and Vascular Unit)

Typical hiring profile

Skill Set Most recruited for: (Travel RNs, local CNAs and sitters)

Must have

candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role.

• ACLS, BLS, NIH
• Great customer service skills

Preferred or nice to have

candidates with these skills will be considered first.

• Trauma/Orthopedic experience
• Meditech experience

List typical procedures performed on unit(s):

· Patients requiring acute surgical intervention/consultation or post op care including:

· Trauma Surgery

· Bariatric Surgery

· Vascular Surgery

· Traumatic Brain Injury

· General Surgery

· Urological Surgery

· Orthopedic Surgery

· Neuro / Spine Surgery

· GI Bleed / Endoscopy

· Pulmonary Embolus

· Patients with neurological diagnosis including but not limited to: CVA, TIA, TBI, S/P Neuro-Surgery, Altered Mental Status

· Meningitis

· New onset Seizures ·

· Hypertensive Crisis ·

· Chest Pain, CHF ·

· Sepsis – Hemodynamically Stable ·

· Alcohol Withdrawal ·

· Pre and Post Cardiac Cath Lab procedural patients ( HVU ) ·

· Post–op CV surgery patients when hemodynamically stable ( HVU )

· Unstable angina, suspected MI (NSTEMI & STEMI). ( HVU ) ·

· Chest pain rule out patients ( HVU ) ·

· Chest pain with acute EKG changes and or elevated troponin. ( HVU )

· Patients with acute cardiac dysrhythmias requiring IV/PO medication management · Hypertensive Urgency ·

· Mild-Moderate congestive heart failure; with elevated BNP, and/or pulmonary edema on chest x-ray without shock ·

· Respiratory distress patients with documented Sp02 88% or below on room air requiring Venti mask, BiPAP or CPAP ·

· Post-op Femoropopliteal bypass, peripheral stents, post aortograms ·

· Post-op CEA ·

· Pulmonary Embolus requiring Heparin Drip ·

· Patients meeting PACU discharge criteria ·

· Vital Signs: HR 50-150 o BP >90 mmHg and < 180 mmHg Systolic

· Dyspnea with respiratory rate < 30 breaths/min or > 10 breaths/min.

· Oxygen Saturation greater than 90 · Patients receiving the following Intravenous drips:

· Agatroban o Agrastat/Integrelin/ReoPro o Amiodarone o Cardene o Cardizem o Dobutamine (Renal/Heart failure dose) o Dopamine (Renal/Heart failure dose) o Heparin o Lasix o Morphine or Ativan for palliative care o Nitroglycerin o Primacor o Sodium Bicarbonate

Best personality Fit:

• Team player
• Adaptable to changing environment
• Good communication skills

About HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA

At HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, healthcare is not just about the four walls of a facility but about the people who provide and receive care. Our focus is on empowering healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional patient experiences by providing them with the necessary skills, tools, and support. We partner with healthcare facilities nationwide to ensure that the right professionals are in the right roles. We prioritize our clinicians by giving them a voice and access to opportunities to fulfill their mission of improving lives by providing quality patient care.

We are committed to our core values of Trust, Innovation, Adaptability, Courage, and Accountability. We are dedicated to positively impacting the healthcare industry by providing first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide to our healthcare professionals. Join us and be part of the HealthTrust family, where you can make a difference every day.

We embrace our changing environment, and we maintain a culture that has a rich tradition of transforming itself to meet the challenges of the future.

MISSION STATEMENT

While putting great people in the right roles is essential, our mission is far greater. We want our clinicians to be part of the HealthTrust family, where healthcare professionals have a voice and are empowered with the right tools and opportunities to fulfill their personal mission of improving lives. Plus, as a preferred partner to thousands of top-performing hospitals, we provide our healthcare professionals with first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide.

Benefits

• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Referral bonus
• Continuing Education
• Life insurance