Registered Nurse Emergency Department | Shreveport, LA
Take your emergency nursing experience to a traveler-friendly 21-bed ED in Shreveport. This 12-hour day assignment offers a
$50.25 hourly pay rate, weekly direct deposit, comprehensive W-2 medical benefits, and a start date of
11/30/2026. Enjoy a structured rotating schedule with no call and free parking.
Quick Facts
- Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
- Start Date: 11/30/2026
- End Date/Duration: 02/27/2027; approximately 13 weeks
- Shift: 12-hour days, 7:00 a.m. start
- Hours/Week: 3648 hours, scheduled as 4 days one week and 3 days the next
- Employment Type: Travel contract
- License/Certs: RN license; BLS, ACLS, NIH, PALS, and CPI or MOAB
- Experience: 2+ years of recent emergency department experience
Pay & Benefits
- Hourly Pay Rate: $50.25
- Competitive pay packages
- Weekly pay via direct deposit
- Comprehensive medical benefits for W-2 employees
- Robust referral bonus program
- 24/7 dedicated support throughout your assignment
- Paid sick time in accordance with applicable laws
- Licensure, certification, travel, and other reimbursements when applicable
What Youll Do
- Provide emergency nursing care for patients from newborn through geriatric age groups.
- Assess and prioritize patients based on acuity, severity, and anticipated care needs.
- Care for patients with medical, respiratory, cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric, substance-related, and minor trauma conditions.
- Perform IV starts and support care across multiple patient systems.
- Provide continuous patient monitoring and respond to changes in patient condition.
- Care for patients with conditions including stroke, respiratory distress, diabetes, GI bleeding, COPD, CHF, STEMI, dysrhythmias, falls, and motor vehicle accidents.
- Document patient care using Meditech Expanse.
What You Need
Required- Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- BLS, ACLS, NIH, PALS, and CPI or MOAB certification.
- At least 2 years of recent ED nursing experience.
- Ability to complete and pass an EKG competency exam before arrival.
- Strong assessment, prioritization, multitasking, IV-start, and continuous-monitoring skills.
- Willingness to work rotating weekends and assigned holidays.
Preferred- Previous travel nursing experience.
- First-time travelers may be considered with 2 years of permanent staff RN experience in acute care.
About the Assignment
Join a traveler-friendly emergency department serving approximately 8595 visits per day. The assignment includes a 1:3 RN-to-patient ratio, support from phlebotomy and respiratory therapy, nursing-station telemetry monitoring, and a two-day hospital orientation followed by two days of unit orientation. Scrubs are pewter; free parking is available.
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