Registered Nurse Med/Surg | Shreveport, LA
Take your next step with a 12-hour night-shift assignment offering
$48.91 per hour, weekly direct-deposit pay, and comprehensive benefits. Work in a 30-bed acute-care setting with a strong focus on postoperative urology patients, educational opportunities, and an
11/16/2026 start date.
Quick Facts
- Location: Shreveport, LA
- Start Date: 11/16/2026
- End Date/Duration: 02/13/2027; approximately 13 weeks
- Shift: 12-hour nights
- Hours/Week: 3648 hours per week; alternating 3- and 4-shift weeks
- Employment Type: Travel assignment
- License/Certifications: Registered Nurse license; BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
- Experience: 2 years of acute-care RN experience
Pay & Benefits
- Hourly Pay Rate: $48.91
- Competitive pay packages
- Weekly pay schedule via direct deposit
- Comprehensive medical benefits for W-2 employees
- Robust referral bonus program
- 24/7 dedicated team support throughout your assignment
- Paid sick time in accordance with applicable state, federal, and local laws
- Licensure, certification, travel, and other reimbursements when applicable
What Youll Do
- Provide nursing care to medical-surgical and postoperative patients.
- Care for patients recovering from urologic procedures, including nephrectomies, cystectomies, prostatectomies, and nephroureterectomies.
- Manage patients with conditions such as sepsis, cellulitis, DVT/PE, CHF, COPD, COVID-19, and pneumonia.
- Provide postoperative care for orthopedic and gastrointestinal or abdominal surgical patients as needed.
- Perform wound management, including care of JP drains and wound vacs.
- Monitor cardiac rhythms and manage non-titratable cardiac drips.
- Provide care involving PCA, pain management, hemodialysis catheters, and fistulas.
What You Need
Required:- Current Registered Nurse license.
- BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications.
- At least 2 years of acute-care RN experience.
- Ability to pass an EKG competency examination before arrival.
- Skills in telemetry, wound care, drains, wound vacs, pain management, and cardiac rhythm interpretation.
- Willingness to work alternating 3- and 4-shift weeks, every other weekend, and 2 of 3 holidays.
Preferred:- Previous travel nursing experience is not required.
- Experience with postoperative urology, medical-surgical, or acute-care patients.
About the Assignment
This assignment is with a leading facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, an acute stroke-ready hospital with 189 licensed beds. The 30-bed unit provides care for postoperative urology patients, medical-surgical overflow, and select postoperative patients. Travelers may float to other medical-surgical areas within the hospital. No call is required.
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