RN - ER
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Acute Care for Critical Access Client
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Variable
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum of 2 years of ER experience; MedSurg experience preferred but not required
License: Current RN License
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS required; TNCC, STABLE, NRP preferred
Must-Have: IV starts, NG tube insertion/maintenance, comfortable in a code situation, assisting with intubations, mixing medications, wound care, dressing changes, wound vacs, ER triage, foley insertion and care, stabilizing trauma patients, MI/STEMI/Stroke protocols and stabilization, reading EKGs/tele strips.
Description:
This position involves caring for patients in both ER and MedSurg settings.
Patients include all ages with varied diagnoses such as COPD exacerbation, diabetes, behavioral health issues, chest pain, upper respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, traumas, and strokes.
RNs will be responsible for both ER and MedSurg patients and will respond to codes or emergent situations.
A CNA will cover the unit while the RNs are attending to emergencies.
Occasionally, RNs will assist with endoscopy recovery, which involves patients recovering from propofol sedation.
There is no respiratory therapy on-site; all updraft treatments will be administered by RNs.
Patients requiring bipap will be transferred out.
Vented patients will also be transferred out from the ER.
The patient-to-RN ratio is 1:4, including both ER and MedSurg patients.
RNs will share shifts with 2 RNs on Days and Nights, and 1 midshift RN for additional coverage.
CNA duties include patient care and registration after hours and on weekends.
Charge nurses will be present each shift to oversee operations.
Phlebotomy services are on-call after hours.
A hospitalist team of two doctors will provide continuous coverage, rounding during the day and being available on-call at night.
Midlevel providers and paramedics will also be present in the ER.
Remote pharmacy services will visit the facility twice monthly with a pharmacy tech available daily for medication checks.
Self-scheduling is allowed with final manager approval, and schedules are made at least 2 months in advance.
Employees should expect to work at least 4 weekend shifts per month and participate in holiday rotations throughout the year.
Scrub colors should be any solid color that is professional in appearance.
Teamwork is an essential aspect of the unit's culture.
