Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,545 per week

Company: Mercy Medical Center Merced
Location: Merced
Posted on: October 17, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• ER nurses will take ER holds
• Stroke Certified hospital
  • Job Details
  • A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ER nurse for a travel contract.
  • The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience, hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH and CA License.
    • Job Requirements
    • 2 full years of experience
    • Hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH and CA License
    • Strong, thorough documentation skills
      • Schedule Information
      • Contract length: 13 weeks
      • Shifts: Days 7a - 7:30p; Mids 11a-11:30p, 12p-12:30a, or 2p-2:30a; Nights 7p-7:30a.
      • Floor specific orientation: Up to 6 shifts with a preceptor
      • Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
      • Holidays: 2 out of 3 holidays
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Unit: ER
        • Beds: 33 Total patient care rooms. 25 with cardiac monitors that can be used for everything
        • Triage area with Midlevel's & RNS or LVNS
        • Ratios: 1 to 4, average of 210 patients
        • Charge nurse available 24/7
        • Nurse Aides: ER Techs with EMT, MA, or CNA experience for tech duties & EKGs
        • Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
        • Holidays: Work 2 out of 3 major holidays
        • Additional Notes: Base hospital for EMS, board patients when necessary, ER nurses take ER holds, hospital follows EMTALA
          • Additional Details
          • No first time travelers as of 2/19/2024
          • Please make sure traveler is ready to accept if offered
          • High volume of backouts & declined offers
          • EMR: Cerner experience preferred
          • Charge Nurse: Charge nurse 24/7
          • Nurse Aides: ER Techs with EMT, MA, or CNA experience
          • Scrub Color: Navy blue
          • Tele: GE. Have central monitor station on both nurses' stations
          • Vents: Per RT
          • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Up to 5 Physicians & 3 midlevel's at a time
          • IV Team: No
          • RT 24/7: Yes
          • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
          • Floating: No floating outside of the ER
          • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Routine/typical ER patients; however they send out STEMIs, hemorrhagic strokes & peds
          • Additional Notes: Stroke Certified hospital, base hospital for EMS, board patients when necessary, must take ER holds, follows EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act)

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