Telemetry RN
Tucson, Arizona
Staffing partner
You'll hook patients up to machines that track heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, oxygen levels and ECG.
- Eligibility
- Acute CareMedical/SurgicalICU
- Unit and setting
- Telemetry (TELE) unit RN TELE - Travel Nurse
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Travel
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- ACLS certification Requirements*: ACLS, BLS, 2 Years
- Certification
- BLS certification
- Experience
- 2 years of experience
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Arizona travel postingsArizona travel postings that state pay run $1,840/week to $2,760/week, the middle half $2,060/week to $2,520/week, across 152 postings.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Basic bedside care. Provide basic bedside care.
- Day to day
- Monitor and adjust patient equipment; read electronic displays. Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
- Day to day
- Spot irregular telemetry readings and notify the medical team. Identify irregular telemetry readings and notify appropriate medical team members.
- Day to day
- Start corrective action when monitors show adverse symptoms. Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.
- Details
- Stand and walk for long periods. TELE Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time
- Details
- Lift 20 lbs easily; patient moves can need up to 50 lbs.
- Details
- Specific vision requirements, including colour and depth perception. RNs must have specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
The workplace
- Staffing partner
- TNAA Healthcare
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Telemetry One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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We're looking for Telemetry RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Tucson, AZ. The right RN should have 1-2 years' recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.
As a TELE Travel Nurse, you will provide care by connecting patients to machines that measure heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, as well as blood-oxygen levels and electrocardiogram information. These machines then send data to computer screens for RNs to monitor. Telemetry RNs read and interpret the data to better determine patient care.
As a TELE Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks: Provide basic bedside care. Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays. Identify irregular telemetry readings and notify appropriate medical team members.
Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology. TELE Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty. RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds.
Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times. RNs must have specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Requirements*: ACLS, BLS, 2 Years
- Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment.
Pay: $1,841.21
What's around it?
Tucson, AZFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,145/mo
- Household income
- $57,073/yr, all local households, not nurse pay