Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry in Reno, NV

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN) – Telemetry

Reno, Nevada

Contract (13 Weeks) | Full-Time | Onsite | Days | 3x12-Hour Shifts | 36 Hours Weekly Guaranteed | No Call Requirements

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients utilizing the nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Monitor and manage a patient population that includes CHF, alcohol withdrawal, NSTEMI, sepsis, dysrhythmias, pneumonia, COPD, and post-procedure patients (pacemakers, ablations, cath lab, and patients downgraded from ICU)
• Administer and monitor non-titratable cardiac medication drips including Cardizem, Lasix, and Nitroglycerin
• Identify and measure cardiac rhythm strips as part of ongoing telemetry monitoring
• Coordinate care across a multidisciplinary team in a collaborative, patient-centered environment
• Float as needed to intensive care units, medical-surgical units, or other departments up to competency level; may be required to work major holidays and pick up additional shifts as needed

• Active Nevada RN license required prior to start date
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of telemetry nursing experience
• Must pass a telemetry competency exam, including identification and measurement of rhythm strips, prior to assignment (failure of exam may result in contract termination)
• Ability to meet the cognitive and psychosocial competency standards specific to adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations

• Experience caring for post-procedure cardiac patients including those following ablations, pacemaker placements, and open-heart surgery step-down
• Prior travel nursing experience in a high-volume, fast-paced acute care environment
• Familiarity with ICU-level patient care for telemetry-appropriate assignments

• Work within a nationally recognized, high-acuity facility operating at a Level II Trauma Center with Stroke accreditation and an 800-bed inpatient capacity serving a large regional population
• Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team committed to clinical excellence and exceptional patient-centered care