RN

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

Rockford, Illinois

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.

Eligibility: ICU

Posted Aug 1

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: ICU · Hospital
License: RN license
Term: 13 weeks · starts Aug 24, 2026 · Travel

What it pays

Against similar roles: Pays above most Illinois travel rolesIllinois travel postings that state pay run $45/hr to $67/hr, the middle half $50/hr to $63/hr, across 148 postings.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance

The role and schedule

Not in this role: Floating
On call: No call

Support on this unit

The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.

rn_hours_per_patient_day: 15.83 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 15.83 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 16.82 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 16.82 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 4.73 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 4.73 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 95.27 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 95.27 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_turnover_rate: 7.5 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2025: 7.50 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_vacancy_rate: 2.6 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2026: 2.60 %Critical Care unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_hours_per_patient_day: 7.07 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 7.07 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_hours_per_patient_day: 12.99 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Mother/Baby) 2025: 12.99 hoursMother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_hours_per_patient_day: 22.8 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NICU) 2025: 22.80 hoursNICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 9.51 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 9.51 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 13.11 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Mother/Baby) 2025: 13.11 hoursMother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 22.82 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NICU) 2025: 22.82 hoursNICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 20.91 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 20.91 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 0.2 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Mother/Baby) 2025: 0.20 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 9.18 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (NICU) 2025: 9.18 %NICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 79.09 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 79.09 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 99.8 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Mother/Baby) 2025: 99.80 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 90.82 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (NICU) 2025: 90.82 %NICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_turnover_rate: 19.05 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2025: 19.05 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_turnover_rate: 8.41 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Mother/Baby Unit 2025: 8.41 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_vacancy_rate: 14.4 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2026: 14.40 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_vacancy_rate: 6.8 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Mother/Baby Unit 2026: 6.80 %Mother/Baby unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)

The workplace

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

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You are weighing a nursing role at UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. What is solid in the material on hand is the place itself: a hospital setting in Rockford, with other employers such as Van Matre Encompass Health…

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Meda Health is looking for an ICU RN to work a travel assignment in an acute care hospital setting. Must have at least two years of experience, state licensure and BLS/ACLS (at minimum). Competitive and Transparent Pay We value your expertise and respect your dedication — and our goal is to compensate you more than fairly for them. We don't want you to scramble to figure out your coverage, especially when you're already feeling under the weather. At Meda Health, your coverage starts when you do. You're covered, period. Our employees get the following benefits right off the bat: Health Vision Dental Life insurance

What's around it?

In Rockford, IL

Rockford, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 8% below the US average

Median rent: $985/mo
Household income: $54,752/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Rockford, IL

NeighborhoodsLocals map the city on an east-side hierarchy: east of Mulford is treated as the best in-city pocket, east of Alpine as merely okay, and east of the Rock River as the least desirable. Many nurses and families skip city proper altogether for Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago—named as nice communities within 30 minutes or less of Rockford—plus Machesney Park and Cherry Valley as family-oriented suburban alternatives. Those towns function as short-drive bedroom communities rather than a long metro commute.

Locals map the city on an east-side hierarchy: east of Mulford is treated as the best in-city pocket, east of Alpine as merely okay, and east of the Rock River as the least desirable. Many nurses and families skip city proper altogether for Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago—named as nice communities within 30 minutes or less of Rockford—plus Machesney Park and Cherry Valley as family-oriented suburban alternatives.

Those towns function as short-drive bedroom communities rather than a long metro commute.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com

Getting aroundThe average commute in Rockford is about 17.29 minutes, and daily life is car-dependent rather than transit-based, oriented around Interstate 90 and US Route 20. Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago are routinely described as 30 minutes or less from the city, which is how many professionals trade a short drive for quieter towns. Sources do not detail hospital-campus parking, shift-change traffic, or named bus lines to the main medical campuses.

The average commute in Rockford is about 17.29 minutes, and daily life is car-dependent rather than transit-based, oriented around Interstate 90 and US Route 20. Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago are routinely described as 30 minutes or less from the city, which is how many professionals trade a short drive for quieter towns. Sources do not detail hospital-campus parking, shift-change traffic, or named bus lines to the main medical campuses.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: theurbanlivingguide.com

OutdoorsAnderson Japanese Gardens is a 12-acre oasis often described as one of the most authentic Japanese gardens in North America, minutes from Midway Village. Rock Cut State Park, just northeast of the city, is the default for hiking, boating, camping, and wildlife; smaller favorites include Rotary Forest Preserve, Sinnissippi Park, and the Sinnissippi Riverwalk along the Rock River, plus Klehm Arboretum. Summer means Volcano Falls; fall means regional apple orchards with festive activities.

Anderson Japanese Gardens is a 12-acre oasis often described as one of the most authentic Japanese gardens in North America, minutes from Midway Village. Rock Cut State Park, just northeast of the city, is the default for hiking, boating, camping, and wildlife; smaller favorites include Rotary Forest Preserve, Sinnissippi Park, and the Sinnissippi Riverwalk along the Rock River, plus Klehm Arboretum.

Summer means Volcano Falls; fall means regional apple orchards with festive activities.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: midwayvillage.com Source 2: redfin.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: theurbanlivingguide.com

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Living in Rockford

Rockford, the Forest City on the Rock River, is a manufacturing-rooted midsize Illinois city where an $80k-$150k nursing salary stretches unusually far: median homes sit around $135,000-$136,785, rents are commonly cited near $778, and monthly housing for a single adult is sketched at $810-$1,180. What is distinct is the combination of that price, a roughly 17-minute average commute, and serious outdoor and cultural inventory—Anderson Japanese Gardens, Rock Cut State Park, Sinnissippi Riverwalk, the 1920s Coronado Performing Arts Center, Burpee Museum's Jane the T. rex, and Discovery Center. Locals are blunt about geography: live east of Mulford if you stay in the city; otherwise look at Roscoe, Rockton, Cherry Valley, Machesney Park, Byron, Stillman Valley, or Winnebago, all within about 30 minutes. Tradeoffs are real. Crime comes up constantly, shopping is mostly CherryVale Mall and strip centers, winters are sub-freezing and heat-expensive, and daily life is car-dependent via Interstate 90 and US Route 20. Dining has named keepers—Lucha, Embassy rooftop, Woodfire—plus downtown's Rockford City Market. For a nurse, the pitch is purchasing power and short drives, not nightlife density or urban polish.

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As of 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: theurbanlivingguide.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: midwayvillage.com Source 6: redfin.com Source 7: facebook.com Source 8: facebook.com

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Rockford, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.