Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
Iron Mountain, MI
Voca Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Rotating
Retention Bonus

Shift: 12H Evening, Night Start time would be 3pm 7pm 

ER RN *Certifications Required: ACLS, BLS, PALS, TNCC***Local Rate: Candidates living within 80 miles of the facility. Client rates reduced by $8.00/hour.**- Trauma Level STEMI Receiving Stroke Center: Trauma IV. No stroke or no STEMI receiving. (send out those patients ).- # Beds/Trauma Bays: 14, 2 trauma bays.- Do you have a Fast Track: Yes - 3 designated rooms.- Do you have a separate Triage area If so, do you allow/require travelers to do Triage: Yes - 2 triage rooms. Travelers can triage after review and understanding of our facilities policies and procedures. - Do you have a separate holding area in the ER or are ER holds intermixed w/in the ER: Both - typically patients are held in the department, utilization of attached ACU rooms when overflow is needed.- Do you have separate Psych/seclusion rooms: Yes, can make any room into it as well as needed.- Is Security in-house 24/7 Housed in the ER: No 24/7 security, maintenance is security . Utilize local PD and internal code backup, 911.- On average, how many patients do you treat in the ER/day: 40-60, average.- Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:3-4 during day more at night after 11p, after 3 am only 2 RN until 7a.- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Variable, traumas, STEMI, strokes, hunting, MVAs, farmers.- Experience or 'Must have' skills: 2 yr ED experience. Ok to duos and first time travelers.- Common drips: Variable.- ED Physician/Mid-Levels: Both, ED Physician 24/7 in house.- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor Does the charge nurse take an assignment: RN to take assignment, usually during the day 3 2 7-7, 7-3 including the charge, 10-10, and 3-3, 2 7p-- Nurse aids/EMT/Paramedics/Patient Sitters Ratios Duties: 24/7 huck coverage, PFE- CNA, medics, and LPNs (no team in ER, float around to task).- Is RT in the ER 24/7 Do they do ABG's, breathing Tx, & EKG's: 24/7 in house, ABG, breathing treatments, EKG if needs extra assistance.- Do you have Monitor Techs in the ER Are RNs required to read their own strips What brand are the Tele monitors: No tech, central monitoring station, and RN.- X-Ray or CT in the ER Transport: Xray down the hall and 24/7, and CT double doors away.- Does Phlebotomy draw labs or RN's draw: 24/7 phlebotomy.- Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling Block scheduling): Shifts 7,10,12, 3, 7 for 12 hour shifts. Manager to make schedule, try their best to not do 1 on and 1 off, would need to rotate variable start times.- Weekend Requirements: Every other weekend Sat, Sunday.