Emergency Department Nurse
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta University Medical Center
Host Healthcare and 3 others

Emergency Department Nurse - Traveler (Backfill)

Location: Augusta, Georgia
Facility: AU Medical Center, AU Medical Center, Inc.

Job Overview

• Provide emergency nursing care including assessment, documentation, and development of care plans based on patient/family needs in a fast-paced ED setting.
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring, airway management, dysrhythmia recognition, CPR, and body-fluid monitoring.
• Conduct triage using ESI, administer medications, start IVs, collect blood cultures, insert urinary catheters, obtain EKGs, monitor patient status, administer blood, and assist with procedural sedation.
• Treat patients with respiratory distress/failure, code blue, code strokes, code STEMI, traumas, and sepsis.

Equipment & Systems

• Accudose medication dispensing
• Cerner charting (FirstNet) with medication scanning
• Phillips monitors and EKG
• ISTATS, Accucheck glucometer, waived tests
• Chest tube drains (atrium)
• Use of restraints

Experience & Certifications

• Minimum 2 years recent Emergency Department experience required
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
• TNCC preferred

Schedule & Shift Details

• 36 hours per week
• Work every other weekend
• 2-3 holidays per year (Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day)
• One 24-hour call shift every 4 weeks
• Shift needs:

  • 1 nurse 3p-3a
  • 2 nurses 11a-11p
  • 3 nurses 7a-7p
  • 4 nurses 7p-7a

Floating & Unit Details

• Possible floating to: ED behavioral health, Pediatric ED, ED observation units
• ED bed size: 71 total beds

  • 8 critical care rooms
  • 25 acute rooms
  • 5 Fast Track rooms
  • 9 behavioral health bays (usually psych nurses)
  • 15 pediatric ED rooms (usually pediatric nurses)
  • 9 ED observation beds (usually observation nurses)

Nurse-to-Patient Ratios

• Critical care: 1:2 or 1:3
• Fast Track (vertical care): 1:7
• Acute and observation pods: 1:4 or 1:5

Dress Code

• Branded Navy Blue Cherokee scrubs (available on campus)

Orientation & Training

• One-week preceptor-based ED-specific orientation to adult acute care pods
• Completion of ED-specific computer modules, ISTAT, and waived test training
• Orientation competency checklist required
• Understanding of ED and ED Observation Unit policies, patient flow, and protocols
• Ability to work independently with multiple patients and manage inpatient admission holds in the ED
• TNCC certified and trauma education completed nurses may be assigned to critical care areas

This position is ideal for experienced ED nurses comfortable with a variety of emergency care procedures and working in a dynamic, high-acuity environment.