Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta University Medical Center
Host Healthcare and 1 other

Emergency Department Nurse - AU Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia

Position Overview

• Specialty: Emergency Department (ED)
• Facility: AU Medical Center, part of AU Medical Center, Inc.
• Employment Type: Traveler - Backfill
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift Schedule:

  • 36 hours per week
  • Shifts include: 3p-3a (1 nurse), 11a-11p (2 nurses), 7a-7p (3 nurses), 7p-7a (4 nurses)
  • Every other weekend required
  • 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

Unit Details

• ED Bed Capacity: 71 beds total

  • 8 critical care rooms
  • 25 acute care rooms
  • 5 Fast Track rooms
  • 9 behavioral health bays (usually staffed by psych nurses unless called in)
  • 15 pediatric ED rooms (usually staffed by pediatric ED nurses unless called in)
  • 9 ED observation beds (usually staffed by observation nurses unless called in)
• 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
• Floating: Possible float to ED behavioral health, Pediatric ED, and ED observation units

Job Responsibilities

• Assess and document normal and abnormal findings
• Develop, coordinate, and evaluate patient care plans in an emergency setting
• Obtain and interpret patient information to meet treatment needs
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring, airway management, dysrhythmia recognition, CPR, and body-fluid monitoring
• Triage patients using Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
• Administer medications, start IVs, perform venipuncture including blood cultures
• Insert urinary catheters, obtain EKGs, monitor patient status, administer blood transfusions, and assist with procedural sedation
• Treat patients with respiratory distress/failure, code blue, code strokes, code STEMI, trauma, and sepsis
• Use equipment such as Accudose medication dispensing, Cerner charting (FirstNet) with medication scanning, Phillips monitors and EKG, ISTATS, Accucheck glucometer, waived tests, chest tube drains (atrium), and restraints

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years recent Emergency Department nursing experience
• Licenses/Certifications:

  • BLS (Basic Life Support) - required
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) - required
  • PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) - required
  • TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) - preferred
• GA RN license or compact RN license required

Orientation and Training

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

Dress Code

• Branded Navy Blue Cherokee scrubs (available on campus)

This position is ideal for experienced ED nurses comfortable with a fast-paced, diverse emergency care environment, including critical care, pediatrics, behavioral health, and observation units.