Travel Registered Nurse (RN) - Med/Surg

Norfolk, Virginia

You'll care for cardiac, renal, vascular, sepsis, pneumonia, sickle cell, OR-prep and wound-care patients on a 24-bed Medicine unit.

Eligibility: Emergency

Posted Jun 18

Shift and hours: Days
Unit and setting: 6K Medicine Unit at Sentara Norfolk General · Hospital Patient population is cardiac, cardiac prep, renal failure, vascular, sepsis, pneumonia, sickle cell, OR-Prep, and diverse wound care.Cardiac, renal, vascular, sepsis, pneumonia, sickle cell, OR-prep and wound-care patients
License: RN license Virginia or Compact Multi-State License in good standingVirginia or Compact Multi-State RN license in good standing
Term: 14 weeks · Travel Temporary Full TimeFull time, temporary

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License: Virginia or Compact Multi-State RN license in good standing Virginia or Compact Multi-State License in good standing Check your license
Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS)
Certification: NIH Stroke Scale
Education: Associate, bachelor's, master's or diploma in nursing Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or diploma in the Nursing Field required
Experience: 2 or more years of recent experience Must have 2 or more years of recent acute care hospital RN Med/Surg experience
Experience: Recent acute care hospital RN Med/Surg experience

What it pays

Against similar roles: Pays above most Virginia travel rolesVirginia travel postings that state pay run $45/hr to $68/hr, the middle half $49/hr to $58/hr, across 79 postings.

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Charting: Epic, with blood pressure machines feeding real-time documentation Blood pressure machines that talk with EPIC as Real Time Documentation
Unit size: 24-bed Medicine unit a beautiful, brand new 24 bed Medicine unit
Details: 525-bed hospital is a large 525-bed medical center
Details: 14-week assignment 14-week assignment

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Sentara Norfolk General 6K Medicine Unit is hiring for a Registered Nurse for a Temporary Traveler Position!

Travel Registered Nurse (RN) - 6K Medicine Unit

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital - Norfolk, VA

$65.00/hr pay rate

Temporary Full Time

14-week assignment

Day Shift

No benefits

Department/Position

Overview

Join the nursing team that is enjoying a beautiful, brand new 24 bed Medicine unit with new computers in every room and charting stations in hallways with windows to visualize patients! Blood pressure machines that talk with EPIC as Real Time Documentation. Patient population is cardiac, cardiac prep, renal failure, vascular, sepsis, pneumonia, sickle cell, OR-Prep, and diverse wound care. Take a virtual tour of where you could work, click here: https://www.wevideo.com/view/1167819650

Education

Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or diploma in the Nursing Field required

Certification/Licensure

Virginia or Compact Multi-State License in good standing

Basic Life Support (BLS)

NIH Stroke Scale

Experience

Must have 2 or more years of recent acute care hospital RN Med/Surg experience

Facility Highlights : Serving as a destination medical center in the mid-Atlantic region, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a Level 1 trauma center in Norfolk, Virginia, home to the Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance , region’s first Magnet® hospital and nationally ranked heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital . Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, on the Eastern Virginia Medical Campus, is a large 525-bed medical center, which serves as the primary teaching institution for the adjacent Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Our partnership with EVMS combines the latest innovations in technology, research and clinical care, to offer advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services. www.sentaranorfolkgeneralrn.com

Click here to learn more about Sentara Norfolk General Hospital!

Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

What's around it?

In Norfolk, VA

Norfolk, VAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 2% below the US average

Median rent: $1,321/mo
Household income: $66,109/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Norfolk, VA

NeighborhoodsGhent and Downtown/Freemason are where young professionals and many EVMS/ODU workers actually cluster: walkable historic row homes and high-rises, Colley Avenue and 21st Street cafes and breweries, Chrysler Museum nearby, Granby Street energy. Ghent one-bedrooms are cited around $1,600; Downtown condos around $350,000 with 90-plus walkability and USS Wisconsin views. Larchmont–Edgewater and Colonial Place/Riverview are the family and faculty picks—historic houses on the Lafayette River, quieter than Ghent. East Beach and Ocean View are the beach-and-bay option, more retiree-leaning. On a tighter budget, Estabrook (bungalows and Capes, minutes from downtown and the naval base), Norview (near the airport and I-64, some homes under $250,000), Coleman Place, Oakdale Farms, Fairmount Park, Berkley, and West Norfolk are the named starter areas.

Ghent and Downtown/Freemason are where young professionals and many EVMS/ODU workers actually cluster: walkable historic row homes and high-rises, Colley Avenue and 21st Street cafes and breweries, Chrysler Museum nearby, Granby Street energy. Ghent one-bedrooms are cited around $1,600; Downtown condos around $350,000 with 90-plus walkability and USS Wisconsin views.

Larchmont–Edgewater and Colonial Place/Riverview are the family and faculty picks—historic houses on the Lafayette River, quieter than Ghent. East Beach and Ocean View are the beach-and-bay option, more retiree-leaning.

On a tighter budget, Estabrook (bungalows and Capes, minutes from downtown and the naval base), Norview (near the airport and I-64, some homes under $250,000), Coleman Place, Oakdale Farms, Fairmount Park, Berkley, and West Norfolk are the named starter areas.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: starmovers.com Source 3: theothermovingcompany.com Source 4: covacollectiverealty.com Source 5: virginia.org Source 6: racinecountyeye.com

Getting aroundMost Norfolk commutes are by car. Hampton Roads Transit’s Tide light rail covers Downtown and parts of Ghent, with bus routes adding downtown coverage; one resident notes the buses are free, but coverage is thin outside that spine. Peak backups are routine at the Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel and the Midtown Tunnel; I-264 and the Downtown Tunnel are the other choke points, and drives into Virginia Beach or Chesapeake often take 25–40 minutes depending on tunnel traffic. Neighborhood choice is treated as a commute decision for Naval Station Norfolk, EVMS, and ODU. Norview’s I-64 and airport location is called out for easier regional access. A car is the default for shifts that are not on The Tide.

Most Norfolk commutes are by car. Hampton Roads Transit’s Tide light rail covers Downtown and parts of Ghent, with bus routes adding downtown coverage; one resident notes the buses are free, but coverage is thin outside that spine.

Peak backups are routine at the Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel and the Midtown Tunnel; I-264 and the Downtown Tunnel are the other choke points, and drives into Virginia Beach or Chesapeake often take 25–40 minutes depending on tunnel traffic. Neighborhood choice is treated as a commute decision for Naval Station Norfolk, EVMS, and ODU.

Norview’s I-64 and airport location is called out for easier regional access. A car is the default for shifts that are not on The Tide.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: starmovers.com Source 3: theothermovingcompany.com Source 4: covacollectiverealty.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: youtube.com

OutdoorsThe Elizabeth River Trail is the in-city walking and biking spine; the Lafayette River is the kayak water; Ocean View Beach and its fishing pier are the bay-beach days. Town Point Park and the Virginia Zoo sit in the close-in outing circuit—one local post stacked an ODU game, Town Point Park Wine Fest, Stockley Gardens art show, and the zoo within about three miles. About 215 sunny days a year support outdoor living; spring blooms and fall sweater weather are the seasons people rave about. East Beach and Ocean View put waterfront living in reach without Virginia Beach prices.

The Elizabeth River Trail is the in-city walking and biking spine; the Lafayette River is the kayak water; Ocean View Beach and its fishing pier are the bay-beach days. Town Point Park and the Virginia Zoo sit in the close-in outing circuit—one local post stacked an ODU game, Town Point Park Wine Fest, Stockley Gardens art show, and the zoo within about three miles.

About 215 sunny days a year support outdoor living; spring blooms and fall sweater weather are the seasons people rave about. East Beach and Ocean View put waterfront living in reach without Virginia Beach prices.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: starmovers.com Source 2: theothermovingcompany.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: virginia.org Source 5: racinecountyeye.com

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Living in Norfolk

Norfolk is a working waterfront city rather than a polished beach suburb: the world’s largest naval station, EVMS and hospital jobs, historic streets, and Chesapeake Bay light. Nurses who want a short hop to EVMS or ODU tend to land in Ghent or Downtown/Freemason—The Tide, Colley Avenue and Granby Street food, Cure in Freemason, Grain and Saltine at The Main—or in quieter Larchmont on the Lafayette River. Housing still undercuts Virginia Beach: medians in the mid-$200,000s, Ghent one-bedrooms around $1,600, starter bungalows in Norview, Estabrook, and Coleman Place; Downtown condos near $350,000. The tradeoffs are real. Flood insurance and sunny-day flooding (The Hague, Chesterfield Heights) are part of the budget, HRBT and Midtown Tunnel backups shape the commute, and crime and schools change block by block—skip the south-side pockets locals name. Summers run hot and humid, winters mild, spring and fall are the sweet spot. What you get back is an actual city: Elizabeth River Trail, Ocean View Beach, Harborfest, the Chrysler Museum, and a food scene with names you can repeat.

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Sources

Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: starmovers.com Source 3: theothermovingcompany.com Source 4: covacollectiverealty.com Source 5: covacollectiverealty.com Source 6: virginia.org Source 7: travelawaits.com Source 8: downtownnorfolk.org Source 9: storespace.com Source 10: racinecountyeye.com Source 11: youtube.com

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Norfolk, VAFrom Census ACS 2024.