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Emergency Department Registered Nurse (ED RN) – Madison, Wisconsin Travel Nursing Contract

Bring your emergency nursing expertise to a high-acuity emergency department in Madison, Wisconsin. This 13-week travel nursing opportunity is ideal for an experienced Emergency Room RN who provides care to adult and pediatric patients, manages complex emergencies, and collaborates with multidisciplinary specialists in a fast-paced healthcare environment. Madison is a vibrant, welcoming city known for its lakes, bike-friendly neighborhoods, cultural attractions, and outstanding quality of life.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Specialty: Emergency Department Registered Nurse (ED RN)
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Assignment Type: Travel nursing contract
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,070–$2,180
• Start Date: October 26, 2026
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shifts: 3 shifts per week; 12-hour evening or night shifts, typically 3:00 p.m.–3:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Patient Ratio: Approximately 1:4
• Patient Population: Neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients
• Weekend Coverage: Weekend and holiday rotation required
• Emergency Department Setting: High-acuity emergency department with Level I trauma, comprehensive stroke, and comprehensive cardiac capabilities
• Floating: May be required to support another emergency department location within the health system

Emergency Room RN Job Requirements

• Active Wisconsin RN license or compact RN license
• At least 2 years of Emergency Department nursing experience with both adult and pediatric populations within the last 3 years
• Previous travel nursing experience required
• Epic electronic health record charting experience required
• ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications through the American Heart Association
• TNCC certification
• Trauma Level II experience required; Trauma Level I experience preferred
• Previous charge nurse experience preferred
• Ability to care for patients with critical, traumatic, cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric, respiratory, and multisystem conditions
• Successful completion of a telemetry assessment before the start of the assignment. Passing standards include a minimum score of 80%, accurate recognition of lethal rhythms, and demonstrated knowledge of third-degree heart blocks.
• Travel nurses must reside more than 50 miles from the assignment location to be eligible.

Emergency Department Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide emergency nursing care to patients across the lifespan, from neonates through geriatrics.
• Rapidly assess, triage, stabilize, and monitor patients with urgent and life-threatening conditions.
• Manage complex emergencies including trauma, stroke, STEMI, respiratory failure, sepsis, burns, overdose, behavioral health crises, and multisystem organ dysfunction.
• Administer emergency medications, blood products, procedural sedation, IV therapies, vasopressors, and continuous sedation or paralytic infusions as indicated.
• Perform and support advanced emergency procedures, including airway management, intubation, central line care, chest tube management, arterial line monitoring, and 12-lead ECG acquisition.
• Interpret cardiac rhythms and report changes promptly to the medical team.
• Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapy, radiology, pharmacy, social services, rapid response teams, and other interdisciplinary partners.
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, reassessments, and outcomes in Epic.
• Support safe patient flow, handoffs, transfers, and discharge planning in a busy emergency setting.
• Float as needed and maintain flexibility for evening, night, weekend, and holiday coverage.

Apply now to advance your travel nursing career as an Emergency Department Registered Nurse in Madison, Wisconsin.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.