Registered Nurse - ER

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RN/ER Ratios: 1:4 Years of experience REQ: 2 Years experience required First-timers accepted: No Weekend REQ: Yes, every third weekend Coverage and/or 8 weekend shifts in Saint Luke's 6-week schedule period, combination of F/S/S. Certs REQ: BLS, NIHSS, ACLS, PALS Skills REQ: Pediatrics: Abdominal pain, Asthma, Burns, Epiglottitis, Head injury, Hyperglycemia, Identifying and reporting abuse, Infections, Mental/behavioral health conditions, Poison ingestion, Respiratory infections, Seizures, Sickle cell crisis, Skin Disorders, Urinary tract infections. Psychiatric: Acute psychosis, Drug overdose, Managing violent behavior, Psychiatric Hold, Suicidal patient. IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Arterial line management, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Phlebotomy, Starting IVs. Respiratory: Chest tube insertion/management, CPAP/BiPAP, Interpretation of ABGs, Intubation, Ventilated patients. Medications: Continuous IV paralytics, Continuous IV sedation, Emergency Medications, IV vasopressors. Neurological: CVA. Work Settings: General Emergency Department-Combined Adult/Pedi, STEMI Certified Facility, Stroke Certified Facility. Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, Obtain 12 lead EKG. Professional Topics and Skills: Isolation Precautions, Triage. Orthopedics: Manage / apply splints. Skills Preferred: Pediatrics: Near drowning. Medications: Procedural Sedation Administration. Is on-call REQ? No Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, to all SLHS Metro ED's. Regular floating may be required between departments, units and facilities as needed. Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments as needed per unit. Open to accommodating block schedule? No Locals accepted: No, home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility Pending License accepted: No RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned Type of Facility: Community Hospital Total Staffed Beds: 240 beds – 32 Rooms. Scrub Color: Navy Charting: EPIC Required.