Travel MedSurg RN in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Gifted Healthcare
Chattanooga, TN, 37404, USA
Chattanooga, TN, 37404, USA
- Healthcare
- MedSurg RN
- travel nurse
- patient care
The Travel MedSurg RN provides bedside nursing care to diverse patients, performing assessments and developing individualized care plans. Responsibilities include preparing and administering medications, assisting physicians during exams, and performing procedures such as dressing changes, catheter insertions, and IV starts. This role typically involves working night shifts on a travel assignment basis.
Responsibilities
MedSurg RNs provide bedside care for a variety of patients and execute individualized patient assessments to create an individualized plan of care. MedSurg RNs prepare equipment and assist physicians during examination and treatment of patients. MedSurg RN job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- MedSurg RNs prepare, administer, and record prescribed medications
- Initiate alternative action when adverse symptomology is displayed
- Change dressings, insert catheters, start IVs when necessary




