RN - ER
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Emergency Room
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-hour Days
Hours per Shift: 7am - 7:30pm
Experience: Minimum 2 years of Emergency Room experience required
License: Current RN license in Ohio or compact license required
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS required
Must-Have:
- Minimum 2 years of emergency room experience
- Current Ohio RN or compact license
- BLS (AHA only) required
- ACLS (AHA only) required
- PALS (AHA only) required
- Previous emergency room travel experience required
Description:
Will float between two facilities.
Work with a team of 2 or 3 other nurses and a clerk or technician.
Set schedule with every third weekend required.
No on-call duties.
Extra shifts may be available for pickup.
Triage patients arriving to the emergency department.
Assess patients and start IVs.
Administer medications orally, intramuscularly, and intravenously.
Manage critical drips and moderate sedation.
Report to inpatient units for patients that are admitted.
Transport admitted patients to inpatient units.
Stabilize and treat patients who will be transferred to another facility.
Communicate effectively with physicians and staff on the plan of care.
Assist physicians with procedures such as reductions, chest tubes, central lines, and intubation.
Support in cases of rapid sequence intubation.
Typical patient load is 3 or 4 patients per nurse.
Perform EKGs and draw blood for lab tests from IV.
Utilize EPIC for charting and medication administration through barcode systems.
Employ various medical equipment including cardiac monitors and defibrillators.
Experience required in a facility with annual emergency department volumes of 14,000 or higher.
Skilled at IV starts.
Preferred certifications include TNCC and NIHSS.
Nursing staff works in a 13-bed emergency department, typically seeing between 1250 and 1350 patients per month.
Nurse to patient ratio is typically 3 or 4 patients per nurse.
Dress code consists of Caribbean Blue scrubs.
Cancellation policy allows for client to cancel or call off shifts with up to 24 hours' notice for every 13-week assignment.
