Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Norfolk, NE

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting December 28, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,157 a week in all, a taxable rate of $24.71 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Medical Surgical Floor. This registered nurse position provides care for adult and occasional older adolescent patients with medical, respiratory, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, urologic, and post-surgical conditions in an acute care setting. The role requires collaborative patient care, proactive rounding, bedside shift reporting, and the ability to manage assignments of up to six patients.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of medical-surgical experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC); Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification; current license required for submission; ability to manage a 1:6 patient ratio; experience with Electronic Medical Record documentation; experience with the shift for which the candidate is submitted.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience caring for patients with pneumonia, urinary tract infections, dehydration, influenza, alcohol withdrawal, respiratory viruses, orthopedic procedures, general surgery, spinal surgery, and urologic conditions; experience titrating heparin and managing set-rate Bumex and Lasix infusions.
• Schedule: Day shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; weekend coverage as needed. Blocked scheduling may be accommodated at times.
• Additional Information: The role includes bedside shift reporting, proactive patient rounding, teamwork with nursing assistants, and management of patients requiring tracheostomy care, continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, or high-flow oxygen. Cardiac monitoring support and respiratory therapy support are available around the clock. The registered nurse is not required to interpret independent cardiac strips. Orientation consists of 1.5 shifts. Navy blue scrubs are required.

Benefits

• The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits