Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,300 per week

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Job description

eTeam Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/14/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provides holistic care for post-operative patients, including those who have had orthopedic, bariatric, urologic, or general surgical
procedures
• Assesses patients, as appropriate to the scope of care the nurse will provide. Assessments may include: physical, psychosocial, learning
needs and barriers, needs related to age/culture, discharge planning.
• Establishes nursing diagnoses based on results of assessments and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Plans care according to identified diagnoses and needs. Updates plan of care as appropriate.
• Implements/performs individualized care, based on nursing care plan and the nurse's role with the patient. This care may include but not
be limited to:
• Assisting with activities of daily living, including fall risk management and safe patient handling.
• Medication administration
• Skin assessment/wound care
• Pain management
• Operation/manipulation of biomedical and other patient care and testing equipment, including but not limited to infusion pumps, patient
transfer equipment, cardiopulmonary monitors, invasive catheters and drains, thermoregulation devices, measurement devices,
medication dispensing cabinets, external therapeutic devices.
• Assisting the physician and other licensed, independent practitioners with invasive and non-invasive procedures.
• Teaching patients and their families about current illness, medical tests, medication, general healthcare, illness and disease prevention,
and wellness promotion.
• Providing appropriate assignment, supervision, and direction to unlicensed assistive personnel in order to ensure optimum patient care.
• Providing interdisciplinary coordination and facilitation of overall care.
• Documents patient assessments, interventions, care, and teaching in the electronic medical record. Documents in paper format, as
necessary. Documentation is complete, concise, timely, and legible.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Recent (within 2 years) acute care hospital experience - REQUIRED
Recent post surgical acute care experience with orthopedic (total joint replacement, spinal, trauma, and/or bariatric surgery patients) - REQUIRED

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS
Resume
Skills checklist (within 1 year)
Certifications - certifications don't need to be active at time of submission but must be willing to obtain
License - OR license doesn't need to be active at time of submission but must be willing to obtain
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
BLS (AHA)
STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
Oregon
ABOUT THE FACILITY
16 hours unbillable
OT is 1.25x BR
Client can cancel 4 shifts per 13 weeks

Post Surgical Unit Details:
We are a med/surg level of care unit, with 30 beds, where 75% of our patients have had a surgical procedure, the others being medical overflow.
Our ratios are 1:4 on day shift, 1:5 on nights.
We have between 1 and 3 CNAs on the unit, depending on our census.
We have phlebotomists who draw labs, RT who do nebulizer treatments.
The charge nurse does not take a patient assignment, their expected to help the team with the flow of the unit, tasks, and discharge paperwork/appointments.

We see patients from the following surgical specialties:
Ortho - mild trauma, fractures, and we are a Joint Replacement Destination Center where knee and hip replacements have standard pathways and they have a program coordinator who works with them pre and post operatively.
General Surgery- Abdominal and thoracic (lobectomies usually spend the first night in ICU, then come to us)
Urology - stones/stents, nephrectomies, prostatectomies, TUR-BTs, and cystectomies with ileal conduit formation. Continuous bladder irrigation is common.
Otolaryngology- thyroidectomies, tympanomastoidectomies
Podiatry- some complex cases require overnight observation, but it is rare

Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Oregon offers comprehensive medical services for people of all ages. Health and wellness services in pediatrics, childbirth and obstetrics, gynecology and , health, cancer diagnosis and treatment in oncology, diabetes and kidney disease treatment, geriatric medicine and services for the elderly and disable, emergency medicine, and a full range of specialty medical services.

Hospital Benefit: They have an in-house Nurse Practitioner in Employee Health Department that sees only employees and their dependents.
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Shift Notes: 12 hr nights Must float to the ClientU and IClientU as needed/

eTeam Inc Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN - Med Surg (Nights) Coos Bay

About eTeam Inc

eTeam was formed in 1999 with the goal of becoming the company of choice for clients, talent and staffing professionals. Today, we're one of the fastest-growing global companies and ranked as one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts. We aspire everyday to do quality work for our clients and help our talent work at some of the most amazing companies.

Benefits: Health and dental insurance

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits

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