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

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Shift

• Nights (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM)
• 12 hours per shift, approximately 36 hours per week

Job Description / Responsibilities

• Assess patients on admission considering physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs
• Reassess patient health needs at least every shift and as warranted by condition changes
• Establish and update individualized plans of care based on comprehensive data
• Administer oral, topical, and parenteral medications following the "7 rights"
• Assess and document medication and treatment effectiveness and any adverse effects
• 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 intervene appropriately
• Communicate promptly any changes in patient condition to physicians and healthcare team members using SBAR communication for handoffs
• Respect patient rights including confidentiality, safety, and participation in care planning
• Participate in multidisciplinary care planning
• Manage patients in restraints according to policy and understand application criteria
• Follow National Patient Safety Goals and hospital policies including use of two patient identifiers
• Understand and participate in hospital disaster plans and rapid response activation
• Complete orientation to Life Safety Standards (Code Blue, Code Pink, Haz Mat, Code Red, Oxygen shut off valve)
• Follow infection control policies and blood transfusion protocols
• Understand and appropriately use the Chain of Command
• Follow Core Measures and Vaccine protocols
• Perform advanced patient assessments and prioritize care needs
• Care for patients across the age continuum from birth to geriatric
• Respond to minor to life-threatening illness or injury
• Complete ED skills checklist before first scheduled shift
• Understand patient flow in the ED including Rapid Medicine Evaluation (RME)
• Perform nursing activities related to admission and discharge
• Use the chain of command within the ED and understand the teaching/physician residency model
• Safely administer high-risk medications following hospital/ED policy

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Minimum 4 years of Emergency Department (ED) experience, including trauma experience
• ED experience within the last year
• Experience working in an acute care setting
• Experience working with pediatric patients
• At least 2 years of travel nursing experience
• ACLS certification
• BLS certification
• CPI certification
• PALS certification
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) or ATCN (Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses) certification
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification