Med Surg Travel Nurse - Palo Alto, CA

This Med Surg travel nurse position in Palo Alto, California, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Med Surg Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Stanford Health Care. This role pays $2,685 per week and follows a Nights 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 California RN License

Stanford Health Care's Palo Alto hospital campus includes two adjoining inpatient buildings. This academic medical center holds ANCC Magnet recognition and provides medical, surgical and transplant care.

• Adult emergency care at the newer hospital operates around the clock, with ACS Level I trauma recognition. Stanford also holds Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center certification.
• Acute and transitional care spans general medicine, cardiovascular illness, oncology, neurosciences and orthopedics, alongside surgical and transplant populations.
• Critical care includes dedicated medical, surgical/trauma and neuroscience ICUs, providing distinct settings for patients who require intensive treatment and monitoring.
• Transplant programs include heart, lung, liver, kidney and combined kidney-pancreas transplantation, with care before surgery and after transplantation.
• Perioperative services include operating rooms, preoperative care and a post-anesthesia care unit, alongside procedural services in cardiac catheterization, angiography and endoscopy.