Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Orthopedic Floor - Omaha, NE
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:5
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- BSN
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This assignment posts $2,164 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel med-surg nurse assignments post a median of $2,030 a week, the middle half $1,855 to $2,214, across 1,260 assignments, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,164 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,443.76 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse – Medical-Surgical Orthopedic Floor. This role provides patient-centered care for medical-surgical patients, including post-operative oncology patients. Responsibilities include accurate documentation, timely care delivery, effective communication, and management of patients requiring titratable intravenous medications and telemetry monitoring.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Registered nursing license required for submission; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required; minimum of 1 year of nursing experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) required.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience caring for post-operative oncology patients, including prostatectomy and mastectomy patients; experience titrating heparin, lidocaine, and total parenteral nutrition infusions; experience with central monitoring and recognizing cardiac rhythm changes.
- Schedule: Night shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week, from 6:30 PM to 7:00 AM, totaling 36 hours per week.
- Additional Information: The assignment is on a 32-bed medical-surgical orthopedic unit with an average nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:5. Patient populations include medical-surgical and post-operative oncology cases. Weekend coverage is required every third weekend, with rotating holiday coverage. No call or standby requirement is expected. Occasional floating to another medical-surgical unit may be required. Navy scrubs are required, and unit-specific orientation is provided. The assignment is scheduled from 11/16/2026 through 02/15/2027.
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
From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting, checked 6 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Cross Country Healthcare
National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs
Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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