RN; Registered Nurse

ER/Trauma Level 1 Experience Required

Unit Notes: 2 years minimum ER/Trauma Level 1 experience required - must be recent within the past year. Start times vary depending on shift (traveler needs to be flexible to work all shifts listed - this is mandatory, no exceptions). Travelers will need to pass a dysrhythmia exam within 48 hours of receiving offer, through UNA, only (with 2 max attempts).

Pass/fail Sim Lab on day 1 of orientation. If they fail, they will be made a DNU for 6 months.

Day/Mid shift: 7a-7p, 9a-9p, 10a-10p, 11a-11p, 12p-12a, 1p-1a Night shift: 3p-3a, 5p-5a, 7p-7a

Unit: ER

# beds: 60 beds; 14 are fast track. Bedside triage.

Certs: BLS, ACLS, ATCN or TNCC, PALS or ENPC required. Moderate conscious sedation competency testing.

Ratios: 1:3-4

Charge Nurse:
Yes, and Unit Secretary

Nurse Aides:
Paramedics: IV's, IV fluids, discharges, tech duties

CNAs: tech duties

Weekend Requirement:
Min 4 weekend shifts per schedule period. Must do 2 of 3 holidays during the holiday season

Scrub Color:
Navy

Tele:
Client Lifepacks monitors

Vents:
Puritan Benette 840, Dreager, Vision Bipap, V60s

Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: 2-6 Physicians and 2-4 midlevels

IV Team:
Paramedics can start IV's

RT 24/7:
Yes

Pharmacy 24/7:
Yes, ER pharmacist available on days, 5 days/week

Shifts:

Days / Mids: 7a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 12p, 1p Nights: 3p, 5p, 7p 12 hr shifts

Floating:
Float between Gilbert and Chandler ER (7 miles/15 minutes apart), possibly mid-shifts

Floor specific orientation: 2-3 days on floor

Common diagnosis / Types of patients:
Trauma, MVAs, GSW, blunt trauma, piercing trauma, CVA (Stroke center), MI (CP center), high risk OB (have a separate entrance, Psych holds (4-6 per day) until transferred out, cardioversions, conscious sedation for closed fractures. 11% Peds population. Only admit 15 or > any younger than 15 are stabilized and transferred.

Additional Notes: 80,000 visits/year. Chest pain center and certified stroke center. Lab draws are lab draws unless central line access. Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with Common Spirit, including CHI and/or Dignity within the past year