Charge Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - Days - Moore

Norman Regional Health System•Moore, OK

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About The Position

The Charge Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Department provides nursing care in a fast-paced setting serving patients with medical emergencies, active strokes, and heart attacks. The Emergency Departments operate 24/7 and provide stabilization and life-saving care to more than 95,000 patients each year. The health system operates as a Level III trauma center and collaborates with EMS agencies, ED physicians, residents, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. The Moore ED has 13 beds. The nurse systematically assesses and reassesses patient needs, analyzes findings to determine nursing diagnoses and expected outcomes, implements and coordinates evidence-based care, and evaluates patient outcomes using critical thinking. The position serves as a department leader alongside and in the absence of the Nurse Manager, maintains ACLS, and oversees and promotes bedside handoff at shift changes.

Requirements

Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license.
Diploma or Associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training or retraining is required during orientation before providing patient care.
Maintain current BLS and ACLS through retraining for the duration of employment.
RNs with less than one year of experience must complete Norman Regional's Nurse Residency Program.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
One year of experience as a Registered Nurse.

Responsibilities

Systematically assess and reassess individuals' health care needs, involving patients, families, and other health care providers as appropriate.
Analyze assessments to determine nursing diagnoses and expected outcomes, involving patients, families, and other health care providers as appropriate.
Provide and coordinate nursing interventions to achieve patient goals and needs using professional judgment, current evidence-based practice, regulations, and policy.
Evaluate patient outcomes using critical thinking and evidence-based knowledge to recognize problems, evaluate facts, and reach sound conclusions.
Serve as a department leader alongside and in the absence of the Nurse Manager.
Maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Oversee and promote bedside handoff at shift changes.