Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Americus, GA
Aptiva Healthcare
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Required Certifications

ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA), CPI, NIHSS, PALS (AHA), TNCC

Guaranteed Hours

48 hours per week 

Charting System

MEDITECH 

Unit Notes
**Strict 75 mile radius rule enforced

Candidate must have 2 years of experience in specialty AND 1 travel contract

Unit    EC
Fast track     Clinic Rooms-4 (ESI 4-5)
# beds/trauma bays    12 beds, 2 are trauma bays
# Psych/seclusion rooms     1 seclusion room
# patients per day     70 per day
Certs    BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS
Ratios    1 to 4
EMR    Meditech
Charge Nurse    Yes, do not take patients
Nurse Aides/Paramedics     1 paramedic per shift, typically run clinic and respond to trauma or code; will have ER techs as well as least 1 per shift, try to have 2; have nurse externs who are people in nursing school as well
Security/Patient sitters     Will use for psych holds 1 on 1 observation
Weekend Requirement    Every other weekend
Holidays    Rotate in with perm staff
Scrub Color    Hunter green pants, white top, white jacket
Tele/Monitor Techs    No
Vents    Yes
ED Physicans/Mid-Levels    1 MD per shift and 2 midlevels that stagger shifts
Lab Draws     Nurses can do their own, lab can come draw, but nurses usually do own
IV Team    Have team that will put in midlines and hard sticks (8-5 M-F)
RT 24/7    Yes
Pharmacy 24/7    Not in house 24/7, in house during day and after use omnicell or Phoebe main pharmacist can help until midnight
Shifts    645am, 645p, 11a, 3p
Floating    no
Floor specific orientation    3 shifts
Common diagnosis / Types of patients    Neonates to geriatrics, minor walk in to trauma cases, trauma will stabilize and airvac out, peds will be transferred out
Additional Notes    Trauma will stabilize and ship, utilize airvac

Americus GA is a population of 15,000.  37 miles to Albany.
175 miles to Atlanta.
88 miles to Tallahasse FL 
134 miles to Shell Point Beach FL