ER RN
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Saint Francis Medical Center

ER RN

Overview

• Role: ER RN
• Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Facility: ED
• Unit: ED
• Setting: Trauma Level III, Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Beds/Trauma Bays: 54
• Patient volume: 75+ patients per day
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4

Required Qualifications

• BLS (AHA)
• ACLS (AHA)
• PALS
• TNCC
• ENPC
• NIHSS

Schedule

• Shift: Nights
• Hours: 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week
• Scheduling: Self-scheduling and block scheduling
• Weekend requirement: Full- and part-time staff must self-schedule a minimum of six weekend shifts per six-week schedule
• Holiday requirement: Yes
• Call/standby: Determined by nurse manager

Unit Details

• Fast Track: Yes
• Separate triage area: Yes
• Separate holding area in the ER: Yes
• Separate psych/seclusion rooms: Yes
• In-house security 24/7: Yes
• RT in the ER 24/7: Yes
• X-ray or CT in the ER: Yes
• Phlebotomy draws labs and RNs also draw labs
• Common drips: Cardiac, Antihypertensive, Antiarrhythmic, Sedation and Analgesia
• Common patient types: Abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, cough, dyspnea, headache, injury, extremity pain

Floating

• Floating is determined by the nurse manager
• In an extreme need, may float within Zone 1

Orientation

• Clinicians must be in state for the week of orientation, even if first-day modules are remote
• Date and location are assigned during the week of orientation

Dress Code

• Navy blue