Emergency Department Nurse
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: AR, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 - months
- Trauma Nurse Core Course, within 12 - months
Responsibilities
- ASSESSMENT Performs complete patient assessment.
- Recognizes significant changes in patient status and seeks appropriate resources.
- Coordinates or collects physiologic monitoring data: vital signs, monitor results, lab and diagnostic test results.
- Performs ongoing assessment according to unit policy.
- Documents assessment in compliance with hospital policy.
- MAINTAINING PLAN OF CARE Initiates the Patient Goal/Problem List or Clinical Path on admission.
- Develops Plan of Care to support the patient goals and the medical plan of care.
- Evaluates and documents the patient’s response to the plan of care and makes changes as appropriate.
- Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate and plan provision of patient care.
- MAINTAINING PATIENT TREATMENTS Obtains and/or verifies all physician orders for procedures, medications, and therapies.
- Assures the presence of consent and its documentation for procedures, therapies, and research protocols.
- Assures the presence of appropriate supplies to perform the ordered procedure or therapy.
- Performs or assists in procedures and therapies according to policy and procedures.
- Assesses the patient’s needs for medication prior to administration.
- Assesses patient allergies and medication incompatibilities.
- Verifies, administers and documents medication according to hospital policy.
- Evaluates and documents a patient's response to procedures, therapies and medications.
- Monitors the patient care record for accuracy and completeness of data provided by care team members.
- Coordinates and documents communication between patient, significant others and multidisciplinary team members in order to support the plan of care.
- Ensures effective and wise use of resources, monitoring for cost containment.
- Facilitates appropriate length of hospital stay.
Benefits
- We are offering up to 25,000 sign-on bonus, if qualified relocation package, and benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
