Travel Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

Required Skills/Experience:

• Required skills include IV starts; NG tube insertion and maintenance; comfort in code situations; assisting with intubations; mixing medications; wound care, dressing changes, and wound vacs; ER triage; Foley insertion and care; trauma stabilization; MI/STEMI/stroke protocols and stabilization; and reading EKGs/telemetry strips.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Some MedSurg experience is preferred.

Unit Details:

• The patient population includes all ages; pediatric patients may be seen on the inpatient unit, but they are rare and low acuity.
• Common conditions include COPD exacerbation, diabetes, behavioral health, chest pain, URI, UTI, trauma, and stroke.
• RNs are assigned both ER and MedSurg patients; there is no dedicated ER RN, and RNs rotate between the two.
• During a code or emergent situation, RNs respond and the CNA covers the unit until they return.
• Endoscopy recovery is assigned 1-2 times per month; patients receive propofol, recovery is usually quick on the inpatient unit, and training is provided if there is no prior experience.
• There is no respiratory therapy on site; RNs provide all updraft treatments. Patients requiring BiPAP are likely to be transferred out, and ventilated patients are transferred out from the ER; there are no ventilated patients on the floor.
• Equipment includes Alaris IV pumps, Pyxis medication dispensing, and Mindray monitors.

Floating Requirements:

• Floating is limited to units within the facility.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Shift assignments may be days, mids, or nights, with at least 1 week on a given shift, if not more.
• Shift windows are days: 0545-1815; mids: 1200-0000; and nights: 1745-0615.
• Weekend rotation requires at least 4 shifts per month; night weekend shifts are Friday/Saturday, and day weekend shifts are Saturday/Sunday.
• Holiday coverage rotates throughout the year.
• No call.
• Up to 7 days of RTO may be approved.
• Schedules are made at least 2 months in advance, with self-scheduling subject to manager final approval.

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