Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,146 per week
About the role
Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Specialty
Med Surg
Discipline
RN
Start Date
07/27/2026
Duration
13 weeks
Hours
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
Employment Type
Travel
Licensing Hits Must Be Disclosed
At Time of Submission
Unit
MedSurg (Cost center 6090)
# of Beds
52
Beds - All Private Rooms
Certifications
- BLS is required.
- NIHSS required.
- Some staff have ACLS - this would be a PLUS!
Ratios
- 1:6-7 (Mostly 1:7 for both Day & Night shift)
- EMR: Sunrise
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor
- CNA's: Usually have 4-6 CNA's per shift.
Weekend Requirement
"Every-other-weekend (3 weekends out of a 6 week schedule) Days is Sat/Sun; Nights is Fri/Sat"
Holidays
Work into the holiday rotation schedule
Scrub Color
- RN's: Navy blue top & bottom, navy scrub jackets, no hoodies
- CNA's: Grey
Tele/Remote
- Tele as needed - Monitored on a different unit
- Nurse's Read Strips? RN's are not required to read strips; however, if they have experience reading strips, they can also read them.
- Drips: Heparin; very rare; Lasix but not continuous; PCAs w/ MSO4; maybe an Ativan gtt; no cardiac gtts or insulin
- Vents: Bipap (intermittent only), Cpap, High Flow
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: * Hospitalist in-house 24/7 * Intensivist in the ICU 24/7 * Also have residence in-house 24/7
- IV Team: IV team in-house 24/7 & also have a PICC team * RN's assess their patient's IV sites but do not start their own IV's on this unit * IV Team starts all IV's *
- RT: 24/7 RT is in-house 24/7
- Pharmacy: 24/7 Pharmacy is in-house 24/7 - Pyxis
- Shifts: 12-Hour Shifts: 0645-1915; 1845-0715. Schedules are made out for 6 weeks at a time. Staff is allowed to submit up to 6 requests off per 6-week schedule
- Floating: Other MedSurg, MedSurg/Oncology units, etc. Could possibly float to IMC but would assigned MedSurg overflow. No gtts. Floor specific orientation
Common Diagnosis / Types of Patients
- All ortho post-ops
- All basic neuro post-ops (laminectomies, discectomies, spinal fusions)
- All other general post-ops (gallbladders, mastectomies, sleeve gastrectomy's, infections, other medical dx: COPD, CP, pneumonia, cellulitis, etc.)
- Hemodialysis is on this floor. It is HIGHLY preferred travelers have experience with peritoneal dialysis.
Additional Notes
- If a patient is being tested for COVID they will usually remain on this unit, unless it is going to take longer for result - then they will transfer the patient to the COVID unit
About Malone Healthcare - Nursing
With a commitment to providing a higher standard of service and experience in patient care, Malone Healthcare places expert nurses and allied health professionals in rewarding careers throughout the United States. As a leading healthcare staffing agency, Malone’s focus on compliance and integrity translates to a seamless experience for our team members and partner facilities. When you work with Malone Healthcare, you can rely on over 50 years of proven experience placing exceptional professionals in quality healthcare settings.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Continuing Education
- 401k retirement plan
- Pet insurance
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Life insurance