Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $1,921 per week at Chandler Regional Medical Center
Chandler, AZ 85249
About the Job
- Required certifications: BLS, ACLS.
- Nurses must be able to read & interpret strips.
Certification Details
- Specialty in ED Holds/Tele.
- Minimum 2 years of experience - must be recent, within the past 6 months.
- Travelers will need to pass a dysrhythmia exam through RELIAS, only (with 2 MAX attempts).
- There is also a PASS/FAIL SIM LAB on day one of orientation (study guides will be provided with first day instructions).
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor is the ED charge nurse.
- Would float to med/surg/tele/overflow units as needed.
- Will be caring for patients from the ER who are waiting on a bed in the hospital.
- May be asked to help with ED patients including vitals, IV starts and medication administration. Will not be primary RN for ED patient assignment.
Job Details
- Strong cardiac tele background, preferably 2 years.
- Must be able to decrease cardiac drips per physicians’ orders and parameters.
- Nurses will be caring for more tele patients VS medical.
Job Requirements
- 12 hr shifts (7a - 7p or 7p - 7a) Ability to self-schedule; however this could change from time to time.
- 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule.
- Rotate in with the perm staff on holidays.
- No call required.
Schedule Information
- # of beds: CRMC 60 ED Beds, MGMC 31 ED Beds.
- Ratios: 1 to 4.
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: ED holds waiting for placement on a unit, primarily MS/Tele.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes.
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Cardizem, Heparin, Amiodarone.
- Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: ED PCTs available.
- RT Equipment: No Vents.
- Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? No monitor tech in the ED.
- Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy.
- Unit/Department specific orientation: 2 shifts orientation to Med/Surg/Tele at primary campus.
Unit Specific Information
- Will not be asked to be primary RN for ED patient assignment.
- First to float, could float to sister facility Mercy Gilbert.
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