Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Milwaukee, WI

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 30, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,046 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,326.26 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Milwaukee, WI — Medical Surgical Floor. This position provides nursing care for medical, orthopedic, orthopedic spine, and ear, nose, and throat surgical patients in a fast-paced, high-acuity setting. Responsibilities include telemetry monitoring, postoperative care, wound care, drain management, intravenous therapy, tracheostomy and laryngectomy care, and management of complex treatment needs.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of Registered Nurse experience in telemetry; ability to read and interpret rhythm strips; central line management; intravenous starts and blood draws; ability to titrate Cardizem, heparin, and insulin infusions; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Preferred Qualifications: Charge nurse experience; laryngectomy management; preoperative and postoperative care of orthopedic patients; tracheostomy management.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend rotation; one holiday per assignment; no on-call requirement.
• Additional Information: The position supports patients with a variety of medical conditions and orthopedic, spine, joint, and ear, nose, and throat surgical needs. Clinical responsibilities include wound care, surgical and postoperative care, wound vacuum management, drain management, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes, tube feedings, total parenteral nutrition, tracheostomy and laryngectomy care, central line management, intravenous starts, blood draws, and telemetry monitoring. Patient assignments typically range from 5 to 8 patients on night shifts. Electronic health record documentation experience is required. A 12-hour unit orientation is provided.

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