Med Surg Travel Nurse - Somerset, KY

This Med Surg travel nurse position in Somerset, Kentucky, with Advantis Medical is a 26-week Travel Med Surg Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. This role pays $1,771 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule.

As the Med Surg registered nurse on this assignment, you'll prioritize care across a varied medical-surgical caseload, administer ordered medications and treatments, educate patients and families, and manage admissions, discharges, and safe care transitions.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of patients with acute and chronic medical-surgical conditions, including postoperative care when assigned
• Perform thorough assessments and monitor for changes in condition, escalating concerns promptly
• Administer medications, IV therapy, and treatments as ordered
• Coordinate admissions, discharges, and transfers with the interdisciplinary care team

Travel Nursing Requirements

• 2+ years of recent Med Surg nursing experience
• Active Kentucky RN License

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is an acute care hospital serving south-central Kentucky, with internal medicine and family medicine residency programs.

• The emergency department operates around the clock, and the hospital holds Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center.
• General surgical care extends across the emergency department, medical-surgical floor and ICU, connecting acute evaluation, operative treatment and inpatient recovery.
• Intensive care services include neurological, cardiac, medical and surgical care for patients requiring closer monitoring and treatment during critical illness.
• Surgical procedures include colon resection, gallbladder removal, breast surgery, hernia repair and thyroid or parathyroid operations, with laparoscopic options.
• The hospital is an American College of Cardiology-accredited Chest Pain Center with percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary artery treatment.
• Maternity care covers antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum care. Obstetric procedures include cesarean delivery and cerclage, with a Level II NICU for newborns needing additional support.