Travel Nurse (RN) - Neurology Unit
$2,005/wk
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Required Skills/Experience:
Two years of strong neuro experience required.
One travel assignment required.
Recent Epic experience required.
Required Credentials:
Associate degree or certificate.
Unit Details:
Patient population includes neuro and neurosurgical patients, including CVAs, elective back/neck surgeries, postoperative craniotomies, cerebral angiograms, general medical patients, and psychiatric patients.
Clinical work includes NIHSS and dysphagia screening, strong neurological assessments, basic telemetry interpretation, strict intake and output monitoring, straight catheterization and Foley catheter care, initiating and titrating heparin infusions, blood and blood product administration, venipuncture, blood cultures, nasogastric tubes, indwelling drain management, and stable infusions such as Protonix and Lasix.
Patient ratios are 1:5-6 on days and 1:5-7 on nights; the charge nurse takes a partial patient assignment.
May require precepting students and new hires.
Shift & Scheduling:
Three weekends out of every six-week schedule.
Every other holiday.
Flexible contract hours: 36 per week; 48-hour weeks may be accepted upon request.
Set contract hours are not guaranteed during orientation week or when the unit is closed for holidays.
Floating Requirements:
Float first within the skill set, then to Deaconess Midtown campus (8 miles apart) and potentially to Deaconess Henderson, KY (11 miles away). Two hours' notice is given for cross-campus floats. Mid-shift floats may occur within the same campus; cross-campus mid-shift floats are unlikely but possible.
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