Nurse Graduate, Emergency Department

University of Maryland Medical System•La Plata, MD

About The Position

The Nursing Graduate is a beginning practitioner with a basic generic nursing education background who provides patient care and patient/family teaching under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. The role uses the nursing process to care for selected patients and participates as a member of the health care team. Patients served may range from neonates through adults and geriatric patients. The Nursing Graduate may practice only while a supervising nurse is physically present on the unit. The supervising nurse cosigns medication transcription, medication administration, and nursing documentation, and continually observes, assists, coordinates, evaluates, and monitors the Nursing Graduate. The employee must use the initials “NG” after their name as credentials. This position lasts no more than 90 days from graduation from an accredited school of nursing. With a satisfactory performance evaluation and passing the NCLEX, the Nursing Graduate advances to Clinical Nurse I; an unsatisfactory evaluation may result in termination. The position requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing, completion of required nursing, hospital, and unit orientation (including BCLS certification), and passing the NCLEX within 90 days of graduation. The candidate must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in Maryland within 90 days of graduation and hold current BCLS certification. The listed pay rate is $40.54 per hour, with shift differentials and sign-on/relocation bonus eligibility noted as other compensation.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Complete required nursing, hospital, and unit orientation, including BCLS certification.
Pass the NCLEX examination within 90 days of graduation.
Obtain a Registered Nurse license in the State of Maryland within 90 days of graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Maintain current BCLS certification.
Demonstrate ability to accurately collect data, establish facts regarding patient/family condition, identify problems, and prioritize patient and family needs.
Ensure confidentiality and the rights of patient and departmental documents.
Read, analyze, and interpret physician orders and other written communications from the health care team.
Respond to customer and health care team inquiries.
Read and interpret age-specific patient-condition data and communicate patient/family education in spoken English in an age-appropriate context.
Work with mathematical concepts in preparing medications, intravenous drips, and other therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care and patient/family teaching using the nursing process under direct RN supervision.
Care for selected patients ranging from neonates through adults and geriatric patients.
Participate as a member of the health care team.
Practice only under the direct supervision of a nurse physically present on the unit.
Use the initials “NG” after the employee’s name as credentials.
Accurately collect data, establish facts regarding patient and family condition, identify problems, and prioritize patient and family needs.
Protect the confidentiality and rights associated with patient and departmental documents.
Read, analyze, and interpret physician orders and other written communications from the health care team.
Respond to inquiries from customers and members of the health care team.
Read and interpret age-specific patient-condition data and communicate patient and family education in spoken English using an age-appropriate context.
Apply mathematical concepts in preparing medications, intravenous drips, and other therapeutic interventions.