Job Title: Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Emergency Room
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-Hour Nights
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: Minimum 2 years
License: Required
Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS, TNCC
Must-Have:
Pediatric experience
Cerner experience preferred
Level 1 or 2 trauma experience preferred
2 years of Emergency Room experience
Description:
This position is for an Emergency Room Registered Nurse.
The unit is a combined Emergency and Urgent Care facility.
It is an Adult and Pediatric Level 2 Trauma Center.
The department receives STEMI and stroke patients.
The unit has 38 beds and 5 trauma bays/resuscitation rooms.
There is an Urgent Care service available, but no Fast Track.
Patients are triaged upon arrival, with all nurses expected to triage.
There is no separate holding area for patients; they wait intermixed within the Emergency Room.
The department has dedicated psych rooms for patients needing mental health support.
Security personnel are available 24/7, but are not stationed within the Emergency Room.
On average, the unit treats 140-180 patients daily.
The nurse to patient ratio is 1:3 in the Emergency Room and 1:6 in Urgent Care.
Common patient diagnoses include chest pain, abdominal pain, sepsis, syncope, elevated heart rate, headache, and suicidal ideation.
Common drips administered include heparin, nitroglycerin, diltiazem, amiodarone, nicardipine, and norepinephrine.
The nursing team is supported by ED physicians, mid-level providers, and house supervisors.
There is always a Health Unit Coordinator on duty.
Technicians assist with vital tasks such as IVs, labs, blood cultures, and EKGs.
Respiratory Therapy is available 24/7 for interventions like ABGs and breathing treatments.
Registered Nurses are responsible for drawing labs, while phlebotomy handles blood cultures.
All shifts are 12 hours with specific scheduling practices in place.
Weekend and holiday work is required every other weekend and holiday.
There is no on-call duty required in this position, though standby may be necessary under low census conditions.
Floating to assist in other units is rare and typically only involves patient sitter responsibilities.
Nurses may wear any clean and professional solid color scrubs.
Orientation consists of three days of training.
All clinicians are required to clock in and out during their shifts.