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Certification Details - BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
Job Details - General Information:
- Beds: 29
- Minimum years of experience? 2 years ED experience required
- Will accept a first-time traveler? Negotiable, based on experience
- Travelers must be separated for 1 year if previously a perm staff
- Patient Types: Infants - End of life, All acuity levels: MedSurg, Stepdown, ICU, Traumas are stabilized and shipped out to Ochsner, Multispecialty - Medical/Cardiac/Neuro/Ortho/Trauma/Interventional
- Included but not limited to: STEMI, NSTEMI, Heart Failure, Stroke requiring interventions, Spinal precautions, Seizures, DKA, Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Renal Failure, COVID, ETOH, IVDA, GI illnesses and infections
- Patient Ratios: RN: 1:3-4 or 1:5 in fast-track areas
- Skills required: General Nursing knowledge, ED experience, Ventilator management, critical care drips/titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, measuring cardiac strips, drains, chest tubes, hemodynamic lines: Art lines/CVP, stroke experience (TPA administration), conscious sedation, assisting with splinting (techs will assist), knowledge of the suicide risk assessments - will be checked off during onboarding
- Traveler will be required to PASS an EKG competency exam as part of compliance, prior to arrival (includes MedSurg RN)
- Support on the Unit: Charge nurse: may take patient assignment, Phlebotomy - in house, IV/VAT Team - not available, Resource Nurse - Varies, staffing dependent, RT - in house, Hospitalist available - 24/7, ED physicians
- Charting System/Equipment: EMR: Meditech Expanse, IV Pumps: Alaris, Medication dispensing: Pyxis
- Floating: Units: None
- Orientation: Hospital orientation and 2 shifts of unit orientation
Job Requirements - Minimum 2 years ED experience required
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
- CPI or MOAB
Schedule Information - Weekend rotation: every other
- Will work 4 days one week and 3 days the next week - this is mandatory
- May work 3/2 or 5/2 rotations, for example: 2 on 2 off, 5 on, 5 off
- RTO: Up to 7 days, must extend contract for any full week off
- May only request (1) weekend of RTO per 13-week contract
- No call
- Holiday Expectations: will be required to work 2/3 major holidays
Additional Details - Scrub Color: Pewter
- Parking: Free in designated areas
- Culture on the unit: traveler friendly
- Professionalism is a mandatory requirement - no cell phone usage in patient care areas, earbuds cannot be worn, no eating at desk
Date Posted: 04 April 2025
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