Travel Nurse RN - Emergency Room (ER) / Trauma - $2,185 per week in Paducah, KY

Registered Nurse (RN) | Emergency Room (ER) / Trauma
Location: Paducah, KY
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,185 per week
Shift Information: Days - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 11/12/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Emergency Department Duration: 13 weeks Shift: First Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly, while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns, including taking corrective action when necessary. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate and collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. The Registered Nurse will coordinate, ensure, and provide direct patient care activities through the following: - Perform and document a comprehensive assessment in accordance with RN's scope of practice and hospital policies and procedures. - Consider the patient’s culture, age and developmental level. - Identify patient risk factors and presenting complaints. - Obtain patient health information from family or others as necessary. - Collect objective, quantitative and subjective, qualitative data. - Develop a problem list, prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team as appropriate. - Design actions and interventions relevant to the patient’s culture and age. - Determine desired outcomes in coordination with patient and family in accordance with the medical plan of care. - Fully implement patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy within scope of practice in accordance with established policies and professional guidelines. - Explain procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families. - Initiate action to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. - Recognize, respond to, and communicate changes in patient condition appropriately. - Conduct and document ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies using nursing process according to hospital policy and established standards. - Delegate tasks appropriately and oversee team members in the performance of patient care activities. - Monitor the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members. - Identify and address educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems according to their level of comprehension. - Facilitate patient discharge processes by executing discharge orders in a timely manner, identifying potential discharges, and assuring the performance of discharge teaching. - Actively participate in department and/or unit quality improvement activities. - Use a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• ACLS
• BLS
• PALS - AHA
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam