ED RN
Ulysses, KS
Host Healthcare
4x9 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

ER RN

Location: Ulysses, Kansas (Western Kansas) Unit: ED (6 beds/trauma bays) Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse license
• Certifications: BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), PALS, ENPC, TNCC, NRP, NIHSS (the source also lists "ENPC or PALS" in one place)
• ED experience
• NRP
• Driver's license must be submitted
• Must be within a 60-mile radius
• Must be in state for orientation week, even if first-day modules are remote

Unit Details

• Not a trauma center, STEMI receiving center, or stroke center
• No fast track
• No separate triage area
• Holding area: intermixed within the ER
• No separate psych/seclusion rooms
• No in-house security
• No X-ray or CT in the ER, and no transport from the ER
• Average of 8 patients per day
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4
• Common diagnoses: abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, cough, dyspnea, headache, injury, extremity pain
• Common drips: cardiac, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, sedation and analgesia
• Staffed with 2 RNs 24/7; no nurse aides, EMTs, paramedics, or patient sitters
• Charge nurse takes assignments
• Respiratory therapy is 8a-5p with on-call coverage otherwise; after hours, nurses perform breathing treatments and EKGs; RT performs all ABGs
• RT equipment: ventilators, CPAP, BiPAP, high flow
• RNs must read their own monitor strips (GE monitors)
• RNs draw labs (no phlebotomy draw)

Scheduling and Logistics

• Self-scheduling and block scheduling
• Weekends: self-schedule a minimum of 6 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule
• Holiday requirements apply
• Call and floating are determined by the employer; may float within the local zone in an extreme need
• Scrub color: navy blue
• Hiring process: candidate interview with the clinical team; no unit manager involvement
• Orientation date and location assigned during orientation week