ER Registered Nurse
Moreno Valley, California
Riverside University Medical Center

Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Room (ER) - Travel

Location: Moreno Valley, California
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing Travel
Shift: Days
Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Assess patients on admission considering physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs within specified time frames.
• Reassess patients’ health needs at least every shift or as warranted by condition, using nursing processes and systematic data collection.
• Establish and update individualized plans of care based on comprehensive data and reassessments.
• Administer oral, topical, and parenteral medications following the "7 rights" of medication administration.
• Assess and document effectiveness and adverse effects of medications and treatments.
• Perform treatments and procedures adhering to nursing best practices, hospital policies, sterile technique, standard precautions, and patient privacy.
• Document patient responses, pain management, discharge planning, education, and progress toward goals accurately and legibly.
• Educate patients and families based on assessed needs.
• Interpret and analyze diagnostic data and reports; intervene appropriately.
• Communicate promptly any changes in patient condition to physicians and healthcare team members using SBAR communication during handoffs.
• Respect patient rights including confidentiality, safety, and participation in care planning.
• Evaluate and document patient care and effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Participate in multidisciplinary care planning.
• Apply and manage patient restraints per policy.
• Follow National Patient Safety Goals and hospital policies including use of two patient identifiers.
• Understand and participate in hospital disaster plans and rapid response team activation.
• Complete orientation to Life Safety Standards (Code Blue, Code Pink, Haz Mat, Code Red, Oxygen shut off).
• Adhere to infection control policies and blood transfusion protocols.
• Follow chain of command appropriately.
• Comply with Core Measures and vaccine protocols.
• Perform hand hygiene before and after each patient contact.
• Perform advanced patient assessments and prioritize patient needs.
• Care for patients across the age continuum from birth to geriatric.
• Respond to minor to life-threatening illness or injury.
• Complete the ED skills checklist before the first scheduled shift.
• Understand patient flow in the ED including Rapid Medicine Evaluation (RME).
• Perform nursing activities related to admission and discharge.
• Utilize the chain of command within the ED.
• Understand the teaching/physician residency model in the ED.
• Safely administer high-risk medications following hospital/ED policies.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in California.
• Minimum of 4 years of Emergency Department (ED) experience, including experience within the last year.
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Current Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) or Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) certification.
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN).
• Experience in an acute care setting.
• Minimum of 2 years travel nursing experience.
• Trauma nursing experience.

Additional Information

• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required.
• Experience caring for patients from neonate to geriatric age groups is expected.