RN Med Surg ($66/hr)
Hilo, Hawaii
Posted Sep 8
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Contract
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Hawaii is $41/hr, across 96 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans in consultation with healthcare professionals.
- Evaluating medical information, as well as providing direct and individualized bedside nursing care to pre-and post-surgery patients.
- Preparing, administering and recording prescribed medications.
- Changing dressings, inserting catheters, and starting IVs.
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Pay: $61.00 - $66.00 per hour
Experience
- Med Surg RN: 2 years (Required)
License/
Certification
- BLS Certification (Required)
Work Location: In person
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- BLS Certification
- Med Surg RN: 2 years
Place
- City
- Hilo, Hawaii
- Median rent
- $1,427/mo
- Local household income
- $81,779/yr
- State price level
- 10% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Hawaii index 110.0, where 100 is the national average.
Hilo sits on Hawaii's lush east side, where waterfalls and rainforest meet small-town island life. Nurses relocating here find a tight-knit community, slower pace, and proximity to medical facilities serving the Big Island's rural populations.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?