Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,598 per week

Certification Details BLS ACLS PALS CA License NIHSS (required for stroke care) Job Details A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ER nurse for a travel contract. Job Requirements The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience, hold an active BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIH and CA License. Candidates must have 2 years of experience or more, travel experience is preferred. Schedule Information Shifts: 12 hr shifts, 7-7, 11-11, 3-3 Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts Weekend Requirement: every other Holidays: they will work them in with perm staff rotation Additional Details - Unit: ER - Fast track: 4 bed fasttrack - beds/trauma bays: 32 beds and 6 treatment chairs - Psych/seclusion rooms: room set up specifically for psych but they have a large population of psych that they use other rooms for psych - patients per day: 208 per day, up to 317 depending how busy they are - Ratios: 1 to 4, 1 to 1 or 2 if ICU status - EMR: Cerner - Charge Nurse: yes - Nurse Aides/Paramedics: ER techs - CNAs and EMT's - Security/Patient sitters: CNAs are patient sitters if needed, security is in lobby if needed - Scrub Color: navy - Tele/Monitor Techs: Phillips -nurses must read and interpret strips, they have a unit clerk that functions like a monitor tech - Vents: Yes - ED Physicans/Mid-Levels: MD's and midlevels used - Lab Draws: nurses are not allowed to do lab draws - IV Team: No -RT 24/7: Yes - Pharmacy 24/7: Yes - Floating: they will have to float to Arroyo Grande to work their ER - Common diagnosis / Types of patients: a lot of trauma, 30% of population is peds, stroke, STEMI's, etc.