RN - ER / Emergency Room

Unit Notes

• Unit : ER
• Fast track : Yes- fast track is ran out of a separate area, typically travelers will be in main ER.
• beds / trauma bays : beds, trauma bays
• Psych / seclusion rooms : Does have a private room if needed depending on behavior, otherwise have an overflow room where patients can sit together
• Requirements : Minimum years experience, trauma experience preferred, okay with first time travelers
• Certs : ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS
• Patients per day : visits per day
• Ratios : : / :
• EMR : Cerner power chart
• Charge Nurse : Yes- doesn't take patients
• Nurse Aides / Paramedics : ER techs to help with tech duties
• Security / Patient sitters : ER techs
• Weekend Requirement : Every other weekend, Fri, Sat, Sun is counted as the weekend, could be every weekend depending on staffing
• Holidays : Yes- will work them into perm staff rotation- mostly needed on holidays, so expect to work the holidays.
• Scrub Color : RN- Blue, Techs- Green
• Tele / Monitor Techs : monitors hardwired- Client, In room and at nurses station
• Vents : Yes- RT typically maintains
• ED Physicans / Mid-Levels : Yes- Have MD, PA, NP
• Lab Draws : Have phlebotomists that will draw unless central line.
• IV Team : None
• RT / : Yes
• Pharmacy / : Yes hrs
• Shifts : hr shifts- - / -, a,p, p (day shift is considered a,a,p, night shift p,p) -must be flexible
• Floating : None
• Floor specific orientation : day of orientation on floor
• Common diagnosis / Types of patients : STEMI receiving facility, Cardiac, Sepsis, ETOH, Stroke, DKA, all types of patients
• Additional Notes : They break care into parts : fast track, treat and anticipate disposition, and acute care. no InPatient Pediatric nor BH unit

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