Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Russellville, AR

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting October 19, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,780 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,060.44 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Medical Surgical Registered Nurse (RN) — Russellville, AR. This position involves providing comprehensive nursing care to adult and geriatric patients in a busy inpatient medical-surgical unit. The role requires assessing, planning, and coordinating patient care during scheduled shifts, ensuring adherence to standards and collaboration with the healthcare team.

Job Details

• Certifications: Must have current state license.
• Education: Relevant nursing qualification required.
• Experience: 1-2 years recent acute care experience.
• Specialty: Medical Surgical Floor (MS).
• Schedule: Night shift, 12 hours per shift, minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Current state license, 1-2 years recent acute care experience in a medical-surgical setting, and proficient in nursing assessments and documentation.
• Responsibilities include delivering patient care activities in accordance with standards, administering medications and treatments including IV medications, maintaining a safe environment by adhering to infection control policies, and responding to emergency situations.
• Additional information: The RN will supervise and delegate patient care tasks to team members based on acuity and proficiency, with patient ratios of 6-7:1, and work in a fast-paced, adult and geriatric patient population. Equipment used includes Meditech electronic health records.

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