ER Travel Nurse - Des Moines, IA

This ER travel nurse position in Des Moines, Iowa, with Advantis Medical is a 26-week Travel ER Registered Nurse (RN) contract at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. This role pays $2,202 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule.

As the ER registered nurse on this assignment, you'll rapidly triage incoming patients, reprioritize as acuity shifts, deliver time-sensitive medications and interventions as ordered, and drive stabilization, testing, and disposition with the emergency team.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Triage and assess patients across the full range of acuity, re-prioritizing care as conditions evolve
• Deliver rapid interventions for emergent presentations such as cardiac emergencies, stroke, trauma, and sepsis
• Administer emergency medications, IV therapy, and other treatments as ordered
• Respond to codes and trauma activations as part of the resuscitation team when assigned

Travel Nursing Requirements

• 2+ years of recent ER nursing experience
• Active Iowa RN License

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center — Des Moines, IA

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center is a teaching and referral hospital with adult and pediatric services. Its downtown campus combines emergency, medical, surgical and maternity care.

• The hospital provides adult emergency and Level II trauma care. MercyOne Children's Hospital on the same campus provides pediatric emergency and Level II trauma care.
• The Joint Commission certifies the stroke program as an Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center. Mechanical thrombectomy is available for acute ischemic stroke.
• Critical care includes cardiac-medical and neuro-trauma-medical ICUs, with care for complex trauma patients as well as medical and cardiovascular illness.
• Cardiovascular procedures include coronary angioplasty, stent placement and coronary artery bypass surgery, covering both catheter-based and open surgical treatment.
• General, orthopedic and robotic surgery complement the hospital's inpatient medical services, adding postoperative care to its broader medical and surgical setting.
• The birth center cares for low- and high-risk pregnancies through delivery and postpartum recovery. A Level III NICU is within the medical center.