Travel OR RN - $2,206 per week

About the role

Travel nurse RN – Operating Room position in Miami, Florida. 13‑week assignment, 40 hours per week, 8‑hour day shifts. Employment type: travel.

TotalMed RN is a Top Ten travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency that places nurses, therapists, pharmacists and other clinicians nationwide, focusing on matching highly‑skilled staff with facilities to ensure adequate staffing and a better patient experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic bedside care.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
• Serve as the communication liaison between patients' family members and members of the operating team.
• Ensure the correct procedure(s) is being performed on the correct patient.
• Initiate patient education plan as prescribed by physician; teach patients and families how to manage medication and home care needs.
• Respond to comfort and safety needs of the patient (circulating nurse).
• Accurately care for and handle specimens.
• Monitor equipment used during surgery.
• Perform inventory of surgical items pre‑ and post‑procedure.
• Select and handle surgical instruments and supplies during procedures (scrub nurse).
• Assist physicians by delivering direct surgical care, help control bleeding, and suture patients following surgery (RN first assistant).