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Company: Weirton Medical Center - Main Hospital

Location: Weirton, WV 26062

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Client Name
Weirton Medical Center - Main Hospital
Job Type
Travel
Offering
Nursing
Profession
RN
Specialty
MS
Job ID
31091796
Job Title
RN (Registered Nurse)
Weekly Pay
$2858.0

Shift Details

Shift
Day - 12x4 - 07AM
Scheduled Hours
48

Job Order Details

Start Date
03/08/2025
End Date
06/07/2025
Duration
13 Week(s)

Job Description
Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN)

Job Specialty: Medical Surgical (MedSurg)

Job Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 12-hour days, weekends as scheduled

Guaranteed Hours: 48 hours per week

Experience: Minimum of 1 year

License: RN License

Certifications: BLS

Must-Have: Must have 1 year of experience; will accept first-time travelers

Job Description:

- Work on a unit with 48 beds.
- Nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:5-7 during the day and 1:6-8 during the night.
- Common patient diagnoses include pneumonia, UTI, AMS, GI bleed, alcohol withdrawal, and falls/weakness.
- Require skills in titrating drips, except cardiac drip titration.
- Common drips include heparin, bumex, and lasix.
- Charge nurses on the day shift will take patient assignments if there are two present; at night, only one charge nurse means no patient assignment.
- Patient care techs have a ratio of 1:10-12 on average; duties include vitals, BGMs, EKGs, applying heart monitors, bathing, feeding, toileting, turning, and positioning.
- Respiratory therapists (RT) handle breathing treatments and manage respiratory equipment; RNs monitor rather than actively use RT equipment.
- Monitor tech is located on another level to read and monitor telemetry; nurses are not expected to interpret telemetry.
- No self-scheduling or block scheduling; schedules are made by the manager accommodating any requested time off.
- Required to work every other weekend.
- Holiday rotation may apply for RNs; patient care techs' holidays dictated by schedule.
- No on-call or standby requirement.
- May float to other medical-surgical or intermediate care units for lower acuity patients.
- Dress code requires navy blue scrubs for RNs, ceil blue for PCTs, and black and pink for secretaries.
- Orientation includes 1 day with an educator/computer system and 1 day with a preceptor.
- Charting system is Cerner Corporation - Soarian.

Client Details

Address
601 Colliers Way
City
Weirton
State
WV
Zip Code
26062

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