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Certification Details - BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
- CA License
Job Details - A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ER nurse for a travel contract.
- The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience.
Job Requirements - Minimum 2 years experience
- Trauma experience preferred
- Active CA License
Schedule Information - Contract Length: 13 weeks
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts - /, 9a, 12p, 3p
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend, could be every weekend depending on staffing
- Holidays: Yes, will work them into perm staff rotation
Additional Details - ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS; 4/14 Start Date ONLY
- Unit: ER
- Fast track: Yes - fast track is ran out of a separate area, typically travelers will be in main ER.
- beds/trauma bays: 24 beds, 0 trauma bays
- Psych/seclusion rooms: Does have a private room if needed depending on behavior, otherwise have an overflow room where 4 patients can sit together
- Patients per day: 250 visits per day
- Ratios: 2:1/4:1
- 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
- Vents: Yes - RT typically maintains
- ED Physicians/Mid-Levels: Yes - Have MD, PA, NP
- Lab Draws: Have phlebotomists that will draw unless central line.
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes 24 hrs
- Floor specific orientation: 1 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 3 parts: fast track, treat and anticipate disposition, and acute care. No InPatient Pediatric nor BH unit.
Date Posted: 05 April 2025
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