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East Alabama Medical Center

Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,074 per week

East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, Alabama, us, 36803


Certification Details

Required Certifications: BLS, NIHSS for 5T and BLS for 7TMust be willing to work some part of Christmas holidays and New Year's eve or dayJob Details

Hospital In Alabama is in need of Medsurg RN's for both days and nights.Job Requirements

Required certifications: 5T: BLS, NIHSS; 7T: BLSExperience: 7T: Teamwork, initiative.Are RNs required to titrate drips?: 5T: No; 7T: Heparin (with the direction for Pharmacist).Common titratable &/or set rate drips: 5T: N/A; 7T: All set rates for drips on 7T. Amiodarone (stable dose), Dobutamine (stable dose not new to patient), Cardizem (stable dose).Are there tele/monitor techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: 5T: No. Required to be able to read strips. Monitor room has techs but not located on unit; 7T: No tele techs on floor. CMR owns the process. Phillips.Nurse aides: Yes, No set ratio. Goal is

RT Equipment: 5T: High flow, Cpap, BiPap; 7T: All O2 modalities up to BiPAP. No ventilators.Schedule Information

Shifts & Scheduling: 5T: Modified self schedule; 7T: Contract employees do not self-schedule. Block scheduling accommodated when able.Weekend Requirement: 4 shifts per 4 weeks.Holiday Requirement: 5T: 1 major and 2 minors in winter; 7T: Thanksgiving or Christmas + NY or NYE. One summer holiday (July 4th or Memorial Day).Call or a Standby Requirement: No – only applies to full time staff.Floating Requirements: Yes. Within medical-surgical division.Unit Specific Orientation: 5T: 2 shifts of orientation on unit; 7T: One-week of PCPO at the education center plus two (12) hour shifts on assigned unit.Unit Specific Information

# Beds: 5T: 34; 7T: 36Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:5-6Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Charge nurse will flow into staffing if census dictates or staffing calls for it.Additional Details

BLS;Department: Med/Surg | RNCommon diagnoses: 5T: CKD, ESRD, CVA, DM; 7T: COPD, Sepsis, AMS, UTI, AKI, Diabetes, COVID, Anemia, Weakness.Scrub Color: Ceil Blue; not provided.Radius Rule: 100 miles