Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,055 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
Registered Nurse (RN) Medical Surgical Floor Devils Lake, North Dakota. This position involves providing direct patient care within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit, ensuring quality and safety standards are met. The RN is responsible for coordinating comprehensive patient care, patient education, and discharge planning within a multidisciplinary team to promote optimal patient outcomes.

Job Details:

• Develops a plan of care based on assessment that reflects the patient's physical, psychological, social, educational, developmental, and rehabilitative needs based on patient's age, ethnic origin, economic status, lifestyle, creed or philosophical beliefs.
• Performs daily rounds on all patients, assuring quality customer service by coordinating and taking action on any requirements not met.
• Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the patient's various needs, including discharge planning.
• Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses the patient's self-report/symptoms of pain promptly and takes appropriate action according to standard operating procedure.
• Identifies the early warning signs of a change in a patient's condition and responds appropriately to a deteriorating patient, including contacting responsible clinicians as indicated by standard operating procedure.
• Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate multidisciplinary team member and records those observations accurately and concisely. Ensures that intervention or referrals are made promptly.
• Completes and submits all incident reports (patient, visitor, staff) prior to the completion of each shift.
• Establishes and maintains communication and utilizes educational opportunities with patients and other significant individuals.
• As early as possible, begins discharge planning, appropriate education, and counseling based on identified needs to optimize patient and family understanding.
• Assigns or delegates, within the scope of practice, education, and experience, the responsibility for performance of nursing interventions to other persons for which that person has the necessary skills and competence to accomplish safely.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department and organization.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Certifications:
  • Registered Nurse (RN) North Dakota Board of Nursing (NDBON) or Compact State Agreement prior to start date.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association (AHA) prior to start date.

Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits

Cross Country Job ID #1283197. 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: Registered Nurse / Medical Surgical Floor

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus