Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
Rapid City, SD
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Rotating
Referral Bonus

General Information

• 150-180 patients seen daily
• Beds:
  • Main ED: 33 beds
    • 8 beds for Trauma/Resuscitation
    • 1 pod has 4 Behavioral Health rooms (can covert to Medical)
    • 5 pods are divided 4 rooms and a hall bed
  • Vertical care: area that we can use - has a waiting room/holding area to start cares, or we use it as ESI 3 and ESI 4 patients at times. We could also use it as our 6th and 7th pod (higher acuity) depending on the flow of the ED.
• Minimum Experience:
  • RN: 2 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel experience is most preferred
    • If they have 1.5 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel and have 2 years of experience outside of ED, please have CRT send to management team for approval
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      • Will you accept a first-time traveler?
        • No
      • Travelers must live >100 miles away from any Monument facility
      • Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler
    • Patient Types:
      • Neonates – Geriatric
      • Minor to critical patients seeking care in the ED, to include but not limited to: Sepsis, DKA, Respiratory Illness; GI bleeds requiring emergent blood products, and banding
      • HEAVY Trauma population - Level 2 trauma center, we stay busy with trauma’s particularly during the summer months. (Stab wounds, GSWs, MVC’s, drownings and falls.)
      • Complete Stroke center - can take a person with Stroke s/s up to 24 hours
      • Travelers are expected to take Sexual Assault patients and are responsible for evidence collection, in rotation with permanent staff – they will not be doing pelvic exams. This would include buccal swabs, fingernail scraping, clothing collection, and interviewing of victims. There is a resource booklet they can use and they also have a SA Quality Coordinator, 24/7, who likes to be called at the beginning of each case and she will answer questions throughout the process. The CRN's and other staff can also assist. Please confirm traveler is comfortable with this during the interview.
      • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit so we care for the critically ill child.
      • We do care for multiple cardiac patients and have a cardiac catheter lab.
      • Triage Nurse who must know sick from not sick and who to care for first.  Know ESI assessments.
      • Prioritizing appropriately; critical thinking to know which patient needs are first.
    • Patient Ratios:
      • RN: 1:4-5
      • LPN: 1:4-5
      • ED Tech: 1:10
    • Required Certifications:
      • RN: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, TNCC and PALS – all required; CPI or MAB/MOAB (preferred)
      • Scheduling:
        • The ED hires in variable shifts, we utilize travelers to fill in our holes.
          • Shifts Times: 0630-1900,1000-2230,1200-0030, 1400-0200 and 1830-0700 – if working variable shifts, will not work both Days and Nights in the same week
          • Traveler could potentially work every weekend, depends on staffing. They will be used to fill holes in the perm staff schedule
      • Will they be On Call?
        • No
      • Holiday Expectations:
        • Only if needed
      • Approval of time off? Manager Approval Needed
        • No requests will be considered during the first 3 weeks of August annually – Sturgis Bike Rally
      • Other notes:
        • Could be expected to precept students.
        • Scrub Color: Navy
        • Free Parking