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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jun 8, 2026
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Length: 14 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is seeking an experienced travel RN for a Cardiac Telemetry position requiring prior travel experience and proficiency managing continuous IV drips on night shift.
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Hospital-based Cardiac Telemetry unit with 32 beds and a 1:5-6 nurse-to-patient ratio
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Adult and geriatric patient population including cardiac (CHF, chest pain, arrhythmias such as stable A-Fib, SVT, and bradycardia), renal, pulmonary (COPD, pulmonary edema, PE, DVT), surgical (cholecystectomy, appendectomy, chest tubes, biliary drains), post cardiac cath, TR bands, and DKA
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Occasional overflow of vascular, orthopedic, and CVA patients who are transferred to their appropriate unit as soon as possible
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Unit functions as overflow IMCU as needed
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Manages continuous IV drips including cardiac (Amiodarone, Cardizem, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Milrinone, Nitroglycerin), diuretics (Bumex, Lasix), anticoagulants (Aggrastat, Argatroban, Heparin), and insulin drips
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Night shift schedule: 3x12-hour shifts, 19:00–07:00
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Weekends are typically every other weekend; permanent staff are scheduled first and travelers fill in remaining gaps as needed
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Floating within the facility and within scope of practice is required
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On-call is rare with a 2-hour response time required
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Epic (preferred) used for EMR; Pyxis for medication dispensing; SBAR for communication
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Active GA RN license or compact RN license currently in hand
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Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
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Minimum 1 year of RN experience required
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Prior travel nursing experience required
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Demonstrated experience managing continuous IV drip medications (cardiac drips, anticoagulants, insulin drips, diuretics) required
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Basic arrhythmia knowledge and arrhythmia management skills required
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First-time travelers will not be considered for this position
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Travelers must have been away from all facilities within this health system for a minimum of 1 full year before returning as a travel nurse
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Navy blue scrubs required
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RTO maximum of 7 days per contract; RTO cannot be requested during the first week of the assignment
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If 1 or 2 major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work all occurring holidays with no holiday RTO allowed; if 3 major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work 2 of them with 1 holiday RTO request eligible for review
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Major holidays include: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday (counts as 1), Christmas Eve/Christmas Day (counts as 1), and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day (counts as 1)
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No special scheduling requests, alternate shifts, or schedule changes are permitted
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Local candidates are accepted
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Full compliance with onboarding requirements must be completed on time; delays may result in a 2-week pushback due to a bi-weekly orientation schedule
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Two supervisory references (manager level or above; charge nurses not accepted) are highly preferred
