Registered Nurse (RN) - ER
About The Position
Under minimal supervision, the Registered Nurse in the Emergency Room provides nursing care to an assigned group of patients, matching patient needs with the nurse’s competencies. The nurse completes established position competencies within the designated introductory period and performs other related duties as assigned. The role includes assessing patients’ responses and adaptation to actual or potential health problems, developing and implementing patient-focused care plans, evaluating interventions, recognizing changes in patient condition, maintaining physiologic stability, and documenting care. The nurse also provides education to patients and families, delegates and coordinates nursing work, and calculates and administers medications.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Texas State License for Registered Nurse.
- For Adult ED: Active healthcare provider Basic Life Support certification from ARC or AHA on hire; AHA Healthcare Provider BLS required within 60 days of hire.
- For Adult ED: AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire or transfer into the role, and before the end of the orientation period.
- For Adult ED: AHA PALS within 60 days of hire or transfer into the role, and before the end of the orientation period, except PALS is not required in Adult ED at North Central Baptist Hospital.
- For Adult ED: TNCC within one year of hire or transfer into the unit.
- For Adult ED: Non-Violent Crisis Intervention within 60 days of hire or transfer to the position.
- For Pediatric ED: Active healthcare provider Basic Life Support certification from ARC or AHA on hire; AHA Healthcare Provider BLS required within 60 days of hire.
- For Pediatric ED: AHA PALS within 60 days of hire or transfer into the role and before the end of the orientation period.
- For Pediatric ED: TNCC within one year of hire or transfer into the unit.
- For Pediatric ED: Non-Violent Crisis Intervention within 60 days of hire or transfer to the position.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Two years of acute care experience preferred.
- ENPC preferred; for Pediatric ED, ENPC is required within 18 months of hire or transfer into the role.
Responsibilities
- Assess human responses and adaptation to actual or potential health problems of patients, families, and significant others.
- Institute approved medical protocols and initiate a patient care plan based on the initial assessment; implement and continuously evaluate interventions; and reassess patient needs on an ongoing basis.
- Recognize changing patient conditions and use unit resources and the chain of command in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Assimilate and prioritize information sources to take immediate, decisive, patient-focused action.
- Support and maintain patients’ physiologic stability.
- Respond confidently and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
- Document all plans and care provided.
- Identify education needs of patients, families, and significant others, and provide education through individualized instruction, written materials, or other available resources.
- Assign nursing care to licensed staff, delegate nursing care to unlicensed staff, and coordinate workflow.
- Calculate and administer medications.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
