Travel Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical-Surgical (Med / Surg) - $95 to $105 per hour in Fort Wayne, IN

TravelNurseSource is working with Patterns LLC to find a qualified Med / Surg RN in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46845!

Pay Information

$95 to $105 per hour

About The Position

General Medical and surgical units – We see a diverse population of patients with varying diagnoses including chronic illnesses such as COPD, Diabetes, CHF, end stage renal disease. We manage GI issues such as pancreatitis, bleeding, gastroparesis, inflammatory bowel diseases. We also manage infections such as pneumonia, cellulitis, sepsis, UTI, c-diff, etc. We may also care for patients with neurological issues such as stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injuries. We also have patients with mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, etc. Our patients will undergo procedures such as colonoscopies, thora and paracentesis, bronchoscopy, and minor surgeries (lap chole, incision and drainage, biopsies, amputation).

General job duties.  Types of procedures required.

General Medical Surgical nursing care. Skills and tasks required would be assessments, care planning, inter-professional communication, utilization of the EHR, IV pumps, wound vacs, heat / cooling pads, feeding pumps, feeding tubes, chest tubes, management of heparin and insulin drips, IV therapy management.

Equipment utilized in the unit / dept.

Epic electronic record, pyxis machines, Accucheck blood glucose, hospira IV pumps, SCDs for VTE prevention, heating / cooling pads, telemetry monitoring

Required skills and minimum years of experience.

Candidate must have at least 1.5 years of Level 1, Level 2 or tertiary experience. Candidate must have at least 1 year of experience at a like sized facility (600+) beds.

Specific licensures and certifications / registrations required. (ARRT, CRT, BLS, ACLS, etc)

BLS, IN State or compact RN license

Shift or schedule requirements. (Will the employee ever work alone? Is call required?  If so, how often? Are weekends required?)  12-hour shifts, 3 weekend shifts in 4 weeks

Medsurg RN's will float to areas in greatest need. Patient ratios are 1 : 5-6.

BLS and IN license (or compact license as of 7 / 1 / 20).

Dress Code : Caribbean Blue scrubs

EPIC charting

Floating to other units / departments. (If so, to which units / departments?)

Would only float to other medical units.

Tell us about the unit / department specific training and orientation program.

We require supplemental staff to go through our Jump Start orientation, this includes 1 day of general hospital orientation, then approximately 5 days of nursing orientation, Epic classes are included.

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About Patterns LLC

Patterns is one of the leading service providers in the business process outsourcing industry.

Patterns was incepted with the pursuit of being the one-stop solutions provider for all the business process outsourcing needs. For more than 10 years, we have been catering to SMEs and corporate companies in the segment of Promotional Products, Printing, Apparels, Embroidery, Commercial Photography, Ecommerce, Automotive and many others.

At Patterns, we offer a wide range of business services, right from creative and technical to administrative. Our array of services includes Vector Artwork, Embroidery Digitizing, Graphics Designing, Digital Image Editing, Virtual Assistance, Data Processing, Website Development, Staffing, and Recruitment.